Chapter Summaries

Mu Feng and Da Shan tested their newly improved abilities in a backyard spar, where Mu Feng defeated Da Shan with a volatile fire-and-ice technique. Da Shan revealed his Martial Soul’s new ability, while Grandpa Chu recognized Mu Feng’s exceptional talent and thought of someone who might take an interest in him.

• Mu Feng and Da Shan began sparring, and Da Shan used his Martial Soul to smash Mu Feng’s Fireball Technique apart.
• Mu Feng attacked with flaming wooden thorns, but Da Shan’s Overlord Body shielded him as he charged at Mu Feng.
• Mu Feng blocked Da Shan’s Charge with Earth Element Shield and then struck him with the unstable Flame Bullet, which exploded around Da Shan.
• Mu Feng cooled Da Shan with Frost Technique, impressing Grandpa Chu with his precise control.
• Da Shan told Mu Feng that his Martial Soul, Demon Domain Lord, had gained the movement-restricting ability Demon Prison.
• Grandpa Chu considered Mu Feng’s rare talent and thought of someone who would likely take an interest in him.

Mu Feng prepared for a trip to Ice Silk Cave, received the Cold Soul Sword from Grandpa Chu, and used his Purple Gold VIP Card to buy supplies while confronting Hao Zhou. The next day, Mu Feng, Yan Leyao, and Da Shan reached the cave and discovered an injured Ice Spider King guarding its entrance.

• Mu Feng accepted the Cold Soul Sword from Grandpa Chu, and Da Shan agreed to join Mu Feng and Yan Leyao at Ice Silk Cave.
• Grandpa Chu warned Da Shan to keep his trump cards secret, while Mu Feng bought healing medicine and antidote powder at Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• Mu Feng displayed his Purple Gold VIP Card, earned the shop steward's respectful treatment, and deterred Hao Zhou from challenging him.
• Mu Feng cultivated at home, then set out with Yan Leyao to meet Da Shan and travel toward Ice Silk Cave.
• The three found green bloodstains at the cave entrance and approached cautiously after hearing movement inside.
• An Ice Spider King emerged from the cave, and Yan Leyao noticed that its abdomen had a deep, venomous wound.

Yao Feng returned from the Divine Temple with Yan Qingcheng and confronted Falling Eagle Ravine’s black-robed Dou Wang and the Zhang Family. After extorting payment from both groups, Yao Feng challenged Zhang Yan to a fight, which began with Zhang Yan launching two swift attacks.

• Yao Feng stopped the black-robed man’s escape with a Sand Tyrant Spear, and the man recognized Yao Feng’s strength after Di Rong confirmed his identity.
• Yao Feng told the black-robed man the Divine Temple held nothing and demanded Di Rong’s promised goods, a fifth-tier magical beast core, and ten million gold coins in exchange for sparing Falling Eagle Ravine.
• Di Rong handed over the requested goods, and Yao Feng gave the black-robed man two days to deliver the remaining payment at Falling Eagle Ravine.
• Yao Feng demanded ten million gold coins from Zhang Yan and offered to let the Zhang Family leave if Zhang Yan defeated him; Zhang Yan accepted.
• Yao Feng activated his Flowing Sand Armor as Zhang Yan attacked with Gale Assault, then dodged and faced Zhang Yan’s Gale Sword Slash.

Mu Feng, Da Shan, and Yan Leyao defeated the injured Ice Spider King and entered Ice Silk Cave to search for the Ice Lotus. They found the lotus beside a colossal wounded demon beast, which woke and stared at them as they prepared to retreat.

• Mu Feng, Da Shan, and Yan Leyao coordinated their attacks to weaken the Ice Spider King, then Da Shan used Charge to kill it after its Life-Sacrificing Strike left it vulnerable.
• Yan Leyao recovered a third-rank Beast Core from the Ice Spider King's corpse and gave it to Da Shan.
• The trio entered Ice Silk Cave and followed a trail of Ice Spider corpses and human skeletons deeper into the cave.
• Mu Feng, Da Shan, and Yan Leyao discovered a half-bloomed blue lotus beside a colossal, bloodied demon beast.
• The enormous demon beast rolled over and fixed its gaze on the three of them as Mu Feng tried to retreat.

Mu Feng and his companions defeated a wounded Polar Ice Bear, and Mu Feng absorbed its Beast Core, gaining cultivation and two demon skills. After the Ice Lotus triggered a whirlpool that pulled him beneath the pool, Mu Feng woke inside the Ice Emperor's Palace and began exploring it.

• Mu Feng, Yan Leyao, and Da Shan attacked the wounded Polar Ice Bear, and Mu Feng killed it with the Cold Soul Sword after the beast injured Yan Leyao.
• Mu Feng absorbed the Polar Ice Bear's Beast Core, advanced to the middle second order, and gained the demon skills Blizzard and Ice Snow Guardian.
• Yan Leyao took the Ice Lotus, but a whirlpool opened beneath the pool; Mu Feng urged Yan Leyao and Da Shan to flee before he was dragged underwater and lost consciousness.
• Mu Feng woke in an ice palace, read a stele identifying it as the Ice Emperor's Palace, and set off to explore.

Mu Feng discovered a Phoenix Nirvana Fire Pill in the Ice Emperor's Palace, then was lured into a trap by the Ice Sky Cold Flame, which tried to devour his soul. His Five Elements Spiritual Art absorbed the flame, leaving him gravely injured, and the Ice Emperor's remnant soul fed him the pill and carried him deeper into the palace.

• Mu Feng found the recipe for the Phoenix Nirvana Fire Pill, retrieved the pill from the Alchemy Furnace, and stored it in a jade box.
• Mu Feng followed a mysterious shadow into the main hall, where a figure claiming to be the Ice Emperor offered him an inheritance before attacking.
• The Ice Sky Cold Flame revealed its identity and tried to consume Mu Feng, but the Five Elements Spiritual Art drew it into Mu Feng's dantian.
• The Ice Sky Cold Flame burned Mu Feng's body while he used the Five Elements Spiritual Art to target and absorb its true flame.
• Mu Feng collapsed as the absorbed energy surged through his injured body, and the Ice Emperor's remnant soul appeared and fed him the Phoenix Nirvana Fire Pill.
• The Ice Emperor's remnant soul carried Mu Feng deeper into the ice palace.

Mu Feng recovered in the Ice Palace, gained new powers and treasures, and learned the Ice Emperor’s request to protect the Feng Family. After returning to Norton City, he found Yan Leyao and Da Shan fighting demonic beasts and arrived just in time to save Yan Leyao from a demon wolf.

• The Ice Emperor healed Mu Feng with thousand-year stalactite essence, explained how Mu Feng had defeated the Ice Sky Cold Flame, and said Mu Feng’s body and foundation had been strengthened.
• Mu Feng discovered that he had reached the early third tier, gained the Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens spell, and received the Ice Emperor’s bell, Spatial Ring, and Feng Family token after promising to help the family if he could.
• The Ice Emperor vanished, and Mu Feng collected weapons from the palace before leaving with the Cold Soul Sword and his new belongings.
• Mu Feng returned to the surface and hurried toward Norton City, where he saw demonic beasts attacking the city and learned from the Young Division Chief that the Polar Ice Bear had died after fighting an Ice Spider King.
• Mu Feng spotted Yan Leyao and Da Shan battling on the city’s outskirts and blocked a demon wolf’s attack just as it was about to strike Yan Leyao.

Mu Feng and his companions defeated the demonic beasts outside Norton City, where Vice City Lord Wu Feng warned the younger generation that attacks from the Great Wilderness were increasing. After returning from a mysterious palace beneath the pool, Mu Feng reunited with Little Black and was pulled by Yan Leyao to share a meal with her family.

• Da Shan battered the Demonic Bear while Yan Leyao defeated the Demonic Wolf, and Mu Feng helped other fighters across the battlefield.
• Hao Zhou used Golden Feather Cut and Golden Blade Slash to kill the Mountain Ape, ending the battle.
• Vice City Lord Wu Feng addressed the young fighters, explained that demonic beasts had been attacking cities, and urged them to prepare for worse threats.
• Mu Feng gave Yan Leyao and Da Shan weapons from the Ice Emperor's Palace, and Da Shan explained that some of their materials could be recovered by reforging them.
• Mu Feng returned home and found Little Black had eaten all his stored snacks; Yan Leyao brought cooked meat and invited him to eat with her family.

On New Year's Eve, Mu Feng received guidance from Grandpa Yan to stay disciplined in his cultivation, then prepared for the Opening Ceremony Competition the next morning. At the training grounds, Yan Leyao won her opening match, and Mu Feng was called to fight Han Shuai.

• Mu Feng lost a Go match to Grandpa Yan, who used the game to warn him against complacency and impatience in cultivation.
• Mu Feng spent New Year's Eve watching fireworks and thinking of his parents before waking with a hangover the next morning.
• Mu Feng hurried to the training grounds, where Yan Leyao gave him his identity plaque and explained the competition arrangements.
• Yan Leyao defeated Lu Sheng with the Ice Rain Sword Art without using her martial soul.
• Yan Leyao told Mu Feng that Huo Qi was the strongest participating Martial Cultivator and that her grandfather had recognized Da Shan's martial soul.
• The organizers called Mu Feng, number 321, to face Han Shuai, number 135, in Area One.

Mu Feng advanced through the Opening Ceremony Competition, defeating Yu Jia with his combined Wood Meteor spell and concealing the power of his Ice Sky Cold Flame. He then faced Hao Zhou, whose Golden Wolf Kill Mu Feng froze and erased, leaving Hao Zhou to unleash another attack.

• Mu Feng defeated Han Shuai with a Fireball Technique enhanced by blue patterns, then learned from Yan Leyao that the academy’s students were divided into Heaven, Earth, and Human Classes.
• Mu Feng and Yan Leyao each won three more preliminary matches before the remaining contestants drew lots for the top ten ranking matches.
• Mu Feng drew Yu Jia, countered her Rainfall and Freeze spells, and defeated her with Wood Meteor after she defended herself with Three Thousand Weak Waters.
• Yan Leyao won her match, Hao Zhou defeated his opponent, and the draw set Mu Feng against Hao Zhou while Yan Leyao received a bye into the top three.
• Hao Zhou attacked Mu Feng with Golden Wolf Kill, but Mu Feng’s Frost Technique froze and burned away the golden wolf head.
• Hao Zhou panicked and cast Golden Feather Cut, while Yan Leyao watched in surprise at Mu Feng’s strength.

Mu Feng absorbed a Black Wind Wolf Beast Core through his blood-red pendant and broke through to the Second Order, then practiced his elemental spells while preparing for Norton Advanced Academy’s Opening Ceremony Competition. Yan Leyao visited with Laba porridge and revealed that she had also reached the Second Order; Mu Feng brought up their dangerous encounter at Ice Silk Cave.

• Mu Feng absorbed the Beast Core, broke through to early Second Order, and cast his Fireball Technique.
• Mu Feng practiced all five basic elemental spells and resolved to compete for a top-three place at Norton Advanced Academy.
• Masked figures searched the snowy outskirts of Norton City for a beast that had escaped them.
• Yan Leyao brought Mu Feng Laba porridge and warned him that low-order ferocious beasts had appeared outside the city.
• Yan Leyao told Mu Feng she had broken through to early Second Stage as a Martial Cultivator, and Mu Feng demonstrated his improved Fireball Technique.
• Mu Feng asked Yan Leyao whether she remembered Ice Silk Cave, and she recalled their frightening experience there.

Mu Feng sparred with Da Shan, saw the new ability of his Demon Domain Lord Martial Soul, and received the sword Cold Soul from Grandpa Chu before arranging to travel with Da Shan and Yan Leyao to Ice Silk Cave. At Myriad Treasures Pavilion, Mu Feng bought medicine for the trip, ran into Hao Zhou, and astonished him by paying with a Purple Gold VIP Card.

• Mu Feng tested Da Shan's second-stage strength, then defeated his defenses with an unstable fire-and-ice Flame Bullet and cooled him with Frost Technique.
• Da Shan revealed that his Martial Soul was the Demon Domain Lord and that its new ability, Demon Prison, could restrict an opponent's movements.
• Grandpa Chu gave Mu Feng the Cold Soul sword, and Mu Feng invited Da Shan to join him and Yan Leyao at Ice Silk Cave the next day.
• Grandpa Chu warned Da Shan not to reveal his trump cards to anyone beyond Mu Feng and Yan Leyao, then cautioned him that Ice Silk Cave would be challenging.
• At Myriad Treasures Pavilion, Mu Feng bought healing medicine and antidote powder and refused Hao Zhou's duel challenge, saying they would meet at the Advanced Academy entrance competition.
• Mu Feng paid with a Purple Gold VIP Card, stunning Hao Zhou and the maidservant.

Long Xiaoyao prepared to leave the Iron Blood Empire for the Long Family’s four-year training journey despite his inability to become a Martial Practitioner. After the Ancestral Worship Ceremony empowered the gathered Long Family members, he and Long Yixuan entered a Spatial Array with their escorts, while an unseen figure followed them.

• Long Xiaoyao gave Long Yixuan the Dragon Breaking Divine Art, two Martial Skills, and reminders about their impending departure under the Long Family’s ancestral rule.
• Long Xiaoyao stored the clothes his mother had sent, placed Yuan'er in charge of Wine Immortal Residence, and left with his family and Xue Kuang for the Ancestral Worship Ceremony.
• At the ceremony, Shangguan Song and Xue Kuang killed two Eighth-tier Demonic Beasts, and the Divine Dragon Statue sent streams of light into the gathered Long Family members.
• Elder Long named Long Xiaoyao and Long Yixuan as Xiao Yao and Yi Xuan for their journey and arranged for Xue Kuang and Shangguan Song to protect them.
• Long Xiaoyao and Xue Kuang entered the Spatial Array, followed by an unnoticed shadow, and Long Yixuan and Shangguan Song jumped in after them.

Mo Chen risked his life to awaken his Star Battle Body, gained cultivation methods and a movement art from a mysterious token, and began practicing. The next morning, Shangguan Xiao Xiao visited with breakfast and asked whether Wang Yu had troubled him again.

• Wang Yu warned Mo Chen to stay away from Shangguan Xiao Xiao and threatened him before Luoyue Academy recruited students.
• Mo Chen used 999 High-grade Spirit Stones to summon starlight and successfully awakened his Star Battle Body.
• A mysterious voice in Mo Chen's sea of consciousness identified him as an inheritor of the Star Clan and gave him the Star Battle Art and Light Shadow Steps.
• Mo Chen practiced a nameless fist technique at dawn, then welcomed Shangguan Xiao Xiao, whose salty porridge left him suffering.
• Shangguan Xiao Xiao asked Mo Chen whether Wang Yu had come to trouble him again.

Mu Feng advanced through the Opening Ceremony Competition, defeating Yu Jia with a newly combined spell technique and then facing Hao Zhou in the finals. He froze and burned away Hao Zhou’s Golden Wolf Kill, but Hao Zhou launched another attack, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Mu Feng defeated Han Shuai with a Fireball Technique and learned from Yan Leyao that the academy had divided its six hundred recruits into Heaven, Earth, and Human Classes.
• Mu Feng drew Yu Jia as his opponent, countered her spells with Blizzard and his Wood Meteor technique, and won when she conceded.
• Yan Leyao won her match and secured a bye into the top three, while Hao Zhou also advanced and was paired with Mu Feng in the finals.
• Hao Zhou attacked Mu Feng with Golden Wolf Kill, but Mu Feng’s Frost Technique, strengthened by the Ice Sky Cold Flame, froze and burned away the golden wolf.
• Hao Zhou panicked and launched Golden Feather Cut as Yan Leyao watched Mu Feng in surprise.

Mu Feng and his companions helped defeat the demonic beasts outside Norton City, where Vice City Lord Wu Feng warned the young cultivators that future attacks might grow worse. After returning from the Ice Emperor's Palace, Mu Feng reunited with Little Black and, at Yan Leyao's insistence, went to her home for dinner.

• Shan battered the Demonic Bear while Yan Leyao defeated the Demon Wolf, and Hao Zhou brought down the Mountain Ape as Mu Feng aided other fighters.
• Vice City Lord Wu Feng praised the young cultivators, explained that demonic beasts had been attacking cities, and distributed rewards to the participants.
• Mu Feng told Yan Leyao and Shan that he had entered a mysterious palace and received help from a senior, then gave them weapons from the Ice Emperor's Palace.
• Shan examined the weapons and explained that some rare materials could be extracted and reforged, so Mu Feng handed him the remaining weapons before visiting Grandpa Chu.
• Mu Feng rushed home and found Little Black had eaten all the food; Yan Leyao brought cooked meat for the cat and persuaded Mu Feng to join her family for dinner.