Chapter Summaries

Su Chen’s reforms for commoners spread through the cities as Ning Fengzhi supported his alliance with the Papal Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. At Spirit City, the Enshrined faced the ruin left by Su Chen’s overwhelming sword strike, while Qian Daoliu blamed Bibi Dong for bringing him there.

• A newspaper seller read aloud in Suotuo City that the Papal Hall had been renamed the Hall of the Pope and the People and would hear complaints from commoners and commoner Soul Masters.
• Ning Fengzhi told Su Chen that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had spread news of the reforms through its merchants and intelligence network.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether the Worship Hall had opposed Su Chen’s takeover, and Su Chen said Spirit Hall supported his goal of uniting Soul Masters and helping ordinary people.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to support Su Chen despite the cost to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, hoping to prevent a disastrous war.
• The Enshrined examined the enormous sword scar that Su Chen had carved through the Worship Hall, and Qian Daoliu recalled reaching an agreement with him to avert Spirit Hall’s destruction.
• Qian Daoliu cursed Bibi Dong for bringing Su Chen to Spirit Hall.

At Immortal Mountain, aspiring apprentices gathered to have their Trait Entries tested, and Huo Wu arrived confident that her talent would earn her a place. The Detection Platform judged her entries Double Red rather than supreme-grade, and she left the test rejected.

• Soul Masters and representatives of powerful factions crowded Immortal Mountain as its reforms stirred political debate across the continent.
• Huyan Li tested his Trait Entries, failed to meet the apprenticeship standard, and damaged a tree while venting his anger.
• Xiao Wu demonstrated her three supreme-grade Trait Entries and told the crowd to use her as the standard.
• Huo Wu tested her entries, saw several red ratings, and confidently tried to go up the mountain to meet Immortal Su.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python checked Huo Wu’s outburst, and Xiao Wu explained that her red-and-black entries were not supreme-grade.
• The Detection Platform announced that Huo Wu’s entries were Double Red, so she had not met the apprenticeship standard.

Huo Wu fumed after falling short of Immortal Mountain’s Apprenticeship Standard, but Feng Xiaotian took the Trait Entry test to win Huo Wushuang’s support for pursuing her. He earned three supreme-grade Trait Entries and qualified to study at Immortal Mountain, leaving Huo Wu protesting that his ranking should make her top four.

• Huo Wu complained that her two supreme-grade Trait Entries had narrowly missed the Apprenticeship Standard, while Feng Xiaotian tried to cheer her up.
• Huo Wushuang challenged Feng Xiaotian to take the test and promised to support his pursuit of Huo Wu if Feng Xiaotian’s Trait Entries were better than his.
• Feng Xiaotian stepped onto the Detection Platform, where his Trait Entries revealed supreme-grade comprehension and a supreme-grade Self-Created Soul Skill Prodigy entry.
• The platform displayed Feng Xiaotian’s third supreme-grade Trait Entry and confirmed that he had met Immortal Mountain’s Apprenticeship Standard.
• Huo Wushuang reacted in disbelief, and Huo Wu protested that Feng Xiaotian’s top-five ranking should make her top four.

Feng Xiaotian met Immortal Mountain's Apprenticeship Standard and began climbing the sacred path to seek Su Chen as his teacher. Before he departed, Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang confronted him about hiding his strength and asked him to carry questions to Su Chen.

• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python announced that Feng Xiaotian had earned permission to climb Immortal Mountain, and the mountain opened the Red Maple Immortal Path.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu accused Feng Xiaotian of concealing his strength and deceiving them, while Feng Xiaotian insisted he had meant them no harm.
• Feng Xiaotian promised to ask Su Chen why Huo Wu could not unlock three Supreme-Grade Trait Entries and how Huo Wushuang could cultivate one.
• Feng Xiaotian stepped onto the path and climbed toward the summit as the crowd watched him disappear into the mist.
• Su Chen learned through the system that Feng Xiaotian had unlocked Three Supreme-Grade Trait Entries and considered taking him as a promising student.

Feng Xiaotian reached Immortal Mountain and found Su Chen reforming the Papal Hall with his disciples and Bibi Dong, who had become a papal attendant. Su Chen offered to accept Feng Xiaotian as his disciple if he devoted himself to cultivation and reform, leaving Feng Xiaotian to decide whether to accept.

• Feng Xiaotian followed the Red Maple Steps to the Maple Pavilion and greeted Su Chen.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling studied the Papal Hall's finances and personnel, military affairs, and logistics and medical work as they prepared to oversee reforms.
• Su Chen kept Bibi Dong as a low-authority papal attendant after Yue Guan and Gui Mei pleaded for her and she promised to cooperate with the reforms.
• Feng Xiaotian was shocked to see Bibi Dong respectfully assisting Su Chen with files.
• Su Chen praised Feng Xiaotian's talent, noted his distracted attention, and offered to take him as a disciple if he focused on cultivation and improving people's lives.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, watched Immortal Mountain while weighing her conflicting missions for the imperial family and Spirit Hall. The Star Luo Empire delegation arrived, and Dai Weisi requested an audience with the Immortal on behalf of the emperor.

• Snake Lance Douluo told Xue Qinghe that several sects and academies had failed Immortal Mountain’s Trait Entry assessment, while Feng Xiaotian had passed.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Bibi Dong had submitted to Immortal Mountain and helped separate the Papal Hall from Spirit Hall.
• Xue Qinghe chose to keep observing Immortal Mountain until the Star Luo delegation arrived and more factions had been assessed.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun arrived at the mountain with an imposing imperial procession.
• Dai Weisi introduced himself and Zhu Zhuyun and requested an audience with the Immortal by imperial decree.

Feng Xiaotian confronted Dai Weisi when the Star Luo delegation demanded passage up Immortal Mountain, but Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun used their Martial Soul Fusion to overpower him. Zhu Zhuqing intervened and challenged the Hell White Tiger, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• Feng Xiaotian told Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun they could take the Trait Entry assessment or leave, and Dai Weisi challenged him to a fight for the delegation's right to ascend the mountain.
• Feng Xiaotian revealed his fourth Spirit Ring and attacked Dai Weisi with the Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, gradually driving him back.
• Zhu Zhuyun joined Dai Weisi in a Martial Soul Fusion, forming the Hell White Tiger, which struck Feng Xiaotian down and pinned him.
• Zhu Zhuqing descended, kicked the Hell White Tiger away, and trapped it in a silver-white web.
• Zhu Zhuqing defended Feng Xiaotian and told the Hell White Tiger that she would play with it.