Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Wu Changkong launches a sudden, powerful strike at Li Qingyue. Li blocks it with his dark-blue armor and barely steps back, while Wu is forced to retreat several paces.
• Wu recognizes that Li has two exceptional Martial Souls: one with potent healing and another with extraordinary defense.
• Li reveals a second weapon, a star-like dark-blue longbow, and fires a powerful arrow. Wu stops it with his Frost Sword and Ultimate Ice, though the shot leaves a mark on the blade.
• Wu realizes Li’s Martial Soul is unusually formidable but chooses not to question him about it.
• Wu advises Li to improve his close-combat skills and offers two options: observe while the others train, or join the group and use his healing to let everyone recover and keep practicing. Li chooses to participate.
• Zhou Changxi, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin charge Wu together; Li Qingyue and Na’er join them.

Character development

• Li Qingyue demonstrates calm confidence, strong defense, powerful ranged attacks, and trust in Wu’s instruction. He also acknowledges that his close-combat ability needs work.
• Wu Changkong is visibly impressed by Li’s strength. He remains composed and tactful, respects Li’s privacy, and offers practical training rather than trying to dominate or interrogate him.
• The other students show readiness to face Wu again, encouraged by Li’s healing ability and the prospect of gaining real combat experience.

Themes

• Growth through hardship: Wu believes repeated defeat and recovery are essential to developing combat instincts and teamwork.
• Strength and balance: Li’s unusual powers make him formidable, but he still needs to improve his fundamentals, especially close combat.
• Trust and respect: Wu recognizes Li’s hidden potential without pressing him to reveal more, while Li accepts Wu’s guidance.
• Teamwork: The training is designed to improve both individual skill and coordination under pressure.

Character interactions

• Li and Wu test each other’s strength, with Wu’s surprise turning into respect for Li’s abilities.
• Wu gives Li an honest assessment and lets him choose how to train.
• Li’s healing capacity influences the group’s decision to keep fighting.
• The students coordinate their renewed charge, with Li and Na’er joining the others.

Key plot points

• Wu Changkong ramps up the training, eventually fighting the students at Fourth Ring strength. Li Qingyue and Na’er challenge him with their exceptional powers, but their limited technique and experience leave Wu in control.
• Li Qingyue repeatedly recovers from injuries and restores Wu’s Soul Power, demonstrating that his First Soul Skill can nearly fully replenish even a Third Ring Soul Master. Wu recognizes how decisive this recovery could be in a team battle.
• Li Qingyue reveals only a fraction of his capabilities: he never uses his Second Soul Skill or his second Martial Soul, and his Azure Longbow proves formidable even in close combat. Na’er’s silver spear is similarly powerful, combining piercing force with elemental attacks.
• Training continues until evening. The students are physically restored but mentally exhausted, and the intense repetition greatly improves their fighting ability and teamwork.
• Zhou Changxi becomes convinced of Li Qingyue’s value and volunteers to buy supper. Meanwhile, Class One students Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi dismiss Class Five’s training and remain confident that their own team’s secret trump card will secure victory.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue welcomes the repeated defeats as useful practice and shows a supportive side by healing Wu. His restraint leaves even Wu wondering how strong he might be at full capacity.
• Na’er is revealed as a fierce, instinctive close-combat fighter whose silver spear complements Li’s abilities.
• Wu Changkong is impressed—and somewhat unsettled—by Li’s extraordinary potential and the strategic value of his recovery skill.
• Zhou Changxi shifts from keeping his distance to trusting and backing Li, recognizing him as a valuable leader and teammate. Tang Wulin, by contrast, has not yet fully grasped the significance of Li’s ability.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi remain dismissive of Class Five, setting up a contrast between their confidence and the team’s newly strengthened cohesion.

Significant themes

• Practice and growth: Repeated failure becomes productive when students can recover and keep fighting.
• Teamwork and trust: The training strengthens the group’s coordination and wins Zhou Changxi’s confidence.
• Potential and restraint: Li and Na’er are powerful, but their undeveloped techniques—and Li’s unused abilities—suggest considerable room to grow.
• The strategic value of support: Li’s recovery power may be as important to victory as direct combat strength.

Key plot points and events

• A month of classes and nightly combat training passes, strengthening the group’s teamwork. Li Qingyue’s soul power, previously stalled at level twenty-eight, reaches level thirty.
• He tells Xie Xie he will miss training to break through. Xie Xie offers to stand guard, but Li Qingyue reassures him and remains alone.
• Li Qingyue’s breakthrough to level thirty happens smoothly. He realizes his Power of Faith has grown substantially, apparently through the efforts of Leng Xiaoyue, who has been bringing his healing aid to distant towns and villages.
• He reflects that impoverished people, often unable to afford medical care, see the Medicine King as a savior. Their gratitude and continued prayers have made them willing believers in Abundance.
• During the breakthrough, Li Qingyue manifests his third green Soul Ring and discovers a private, roughly twenty-square-meter inner space. It contains emerald growth and a spring of pure Power of Faith. He names it the Abundance Divine Kingdom.

Character developments

• Li Qingyue advances to level thirty and gains a third Soul Ring, along with a mysterious personal space tied to faith and Yaoshi’s inheritance. He remains calm and compassionate, while recognizing that his influence and power are growing through the people he helps.
• Xie Xie shows concern for Li Qingyue’s safety and breakthrough, offering to stay behind as a guard. He respects Li Qingyue’s reassurance and leaves for training.
• Leng Xiaoyue, though absent, is revealed to be gathering believers by helping people in remote communities.

Significant themes

• Compassion and faith: Li Qingyue’s followers arise not from coercion but from genuine gratitude for healing.
• Social inequality: Ordinary people face poor access to healthcare and are neglected by those in power.
• Power through service: Li Qingyue’s growing spiritual strength is directly connected to the help he provides.
• Discovery and inheritance: His breakthrough unlocks a new ability whose full purpose remains unknown.

Character interactions

• Xie Xie checks whether Li Qingyue needs protection and worries that his roommates might interrupt the breakthrough; Li Qingyue gently declines.
• Li Qingyue’s relationship with his distant believers is presented through their prayers and the faith they send him. Their trust, in turn, fuels his growth.

Chapter summary: “Gu Yue Arrives”

Key events

• Li Qingyue completes his advancement to the Third Ring. His Abundance inheritance develops a powerful domain—the Abundance Divine Kingdom—while his Earth Palace Fatekeeper gains the Rainbowlight Instant Hunt, a repeatable teleportation skill that also attacks at both ends of the movement and strengthens his next arrow.
• His Primordial Phoenix still lacks a third Soul Skill because the young Fire Phoenix has not yet reached a thousand years of cultivation.
• Li Qingyue moves his resources into the Abundance Divine Kingdom, which offers far better protection than an ordinary Storage Ring.
• Xie Xie returns from training badly injured and reports that the class struggled without Li Qingyue’s healing. Li Qingyue treats the students, ending the evening’s combat practice.
• As the class promotion competition approaches, the students grow anxious but are encouraged by their improved combat skills. During the next day’s routine running practice, a new girl arrives at the academy: Gu Yue. She immediately focuses on Li Qingyue rather than Tang Wulin.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue is pleased with his new powers and secure storage, but remains modest about his gains. He continues supporting the class by healing its members, despite finding their dependence on him somewhat exasperating.
• Wu Changkong has grown accustomed to the rapid progress produced by intense combat training followed by Li Qingyue’s healing; without Li, he struggles to return to ordinary training.
• Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Zhou Changxi feel pressure to perform well in the upcoming competition, partly because Li Qingyue’s training has helped them improve so much.
• Gu Yue and Li Qingyue meet eyes at the gate. A mysterious connection formed by the “Protector” links them, and Gu Yue reacts to it with immediate suspicion and coldness.

Significant themes

• Faith and moral complexity: Abundance is portrayed as broadly compassionate and indifferent to faction or convention; the suffering and betrayal associated with immortality are attributed to the erosion endured by long-lived followers, not to Yaoshi’s intentions.
• Power and security: Li Qingyue’s new domain provides both combat advantages and a uniquely protected place to store valuable resources.
• Dependence and adaptation: The class’s reliance on Li’s healing shows how extraordinary support can transform training—and make ordinary methods feel inadequate.
• A new mystery: Gu Yue’s arrival and her unexplained connection to Li Qingyue signal a potentially important conflict or relationship.

Chapter Summary

• Li Qingyue is disappointed when Gu Yue’s arrival fails to trigger his Goddess Illustration System. He suspects the system now requires personal interaction or an established connection, unlike his earlier check-ins with Na’er and Mu Xi. He credits the small, cumulative stamina boosts from those check-ins—especially his daily ones with Na’er—for much of his physical strength.
• Li Qingyue believes the system treats Gu Yue and Na’er as the same person, Gu Yuena, and therefore will not allow another check-in. His face shows a confusing mix of affection, resentment, and longing, leaving Gu Yue unsettled.
• Gu Yue asks Wu Changkong to let her join Eastsea Academy. Wu chooses a sparring test rather than answering directly, selecting Xie Xie as her opponent and setting a condition: she must last five minutes or defeat him.
• Xie Xie looks to Li Qingyue before stepping forward, and Li Qingyue gives him a nod. Li Qingyue is eager to see how the greatly improved Xie Xie, after a month of intense training, will perform.
• Both fighters reveal two yellow Soul Rings. Xie Xie assumes his are superior, but Gu Yue recognizes that their rings—and their actual levels of power—are not comparable. The chapter ends before the spar begins.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Li Qingyue reflects on the system’s limitations and remains emotionally conflicted about Gu Yue. He also watches the test with confidence in Xie Xie’s recent progress.
• Gu Yue appears composed, but Li Qingyue’s intense, inexplicable expression unsettles her. She calmly accepts the challenge.
• Xie Xie shows deference to Li Qingyue before entering the match, while feeling confident about his own strength.
• Wu Changkong assesses the students and chooses Xie Xie as the fairest opponent, ruling out Li Qingyue and Na’er because they are far too strong.

Significant Themes

• Accumulated growth: Small daily gains from Li Qingyue’s check-ins have produced substantial results over time.
• Power versus appearance: Gu Yue’s ordinary appearance and Xie Xie’s confidence conceal a major disparity in their true abilities.
• Mystery and connection: The system’s new apparent requirement for personal interaction complicates Li Qingyue’s plans.
• Training and adaptation: Xie Xie has improved dramatically, but the coming test will reveal whether training can bridge the gap between him and Gu Yue.

Key plot points and events

• Xie Xie challenges Gu Yue and surprises the onlookers with more agile, unpredictable fighting than usual. He dodges her ice spikes and sinkhole using quick footwork and his daggers, then attacks with Light Dragon Storm.
• Gu Yue counters with a powerful fireball. Xie Xie is defeated, though his technique helps him avoid more serious harm.
• Li Qingyue heals Xie Xie instantly, restoring both his injuries and Soul Power. Gu Yue is astonished by the ability and recognizes that Li’s Martial Soul and power are unusually mysterious.
• Wu Changkong accepts Gu Yue into the class and takes her to the academic affairs office, leaving Li Qingyue in charge.
• Before leaving, Gu Yue offers Li a White Rabbit Candy. Na’er reacts with anger and hurt, while Tang Wulin feels a strange sense of loss.

Character developments

• Xie Xie displays improved agility and tactical creativity, earning approval despite losing to Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue demonstrates overwhelming combat strength but also reveals her limited experience with human fighting techniques. Her curiosity about Li Qingyue deepens.
• Li Qingyue confirms his exceptional healing ability and remains an enigma even to Gu Yue.
• Wu Changkong shifts from doubting the students’ potential to acknowledging the class’s remarkable talent.
• Na’er shows jealousy and fear that Gu Yue is becoming close to Li Qingyue.
• Tang Wulin experiences an unexplained emotional reaction to Gu Yue’s presence.

Significant themes

• Talent and uneven strength: Gu Yue’s superiority makes clear that matching Soul Ring counts does not mean matching ability.
• Mystery and hidden power: Li Qingyue’s healing, Martial Soul, and connection to Gu Yue raise questions about his true nature.
• Competition and growth: Xie Xie’s inventive performance shows improvement even in defeat.
• Jealousy and emotional bonds: Gu Yue’s small gesture triggers strong feelings in Na’er and an inexplicable response in Tang Wulin.

Character interactions

• Xie Xie and Gu Yue engage in a tactical but one-sided duel, with Gu Yue ultimately overpowering him.
• Li Qingyue’s healing impresses Gu Yue and complicates her view of him.
• Wu Changkong formally accepts Gu Yue and entrusts the class to Li.
• Gu Yue offers Li candy without hostility; Na’er interprets the gesture as a romantic advance, while Tang Wulin reacts with a sense of loss he cannot explain.

Key plot points

• Xie Xie tries to outdo Gu Yue’s gift of White Rabbit candy by giving Li Qingyue an expensive bag of sweets. Li Qingyue accepts it, then shares a piece with the sulking Na’er, easing her irritation.
• Wu Changkong returns with Gu Yue, who has smoothly joined Fifth Class. Unaware that her records conceal her second Soul Ring, Long Hengxu treats her as a One-Ring Soul Master.
• Wu Changkong judges his class exceptionally talented and believes it can challenge First Class. Competition training continues, though only the three students representing the class train that evening.
• Leng Yaozhu summons Li Qingyue to the Spirit Pagoda. He expects she may offer to take him as a disciple, both to secure his loyalty and to keep a closer eye on him. He agrees out of gratitude for the support she has given him.
• Gu Yue accompanies Li Qingyue to the Spirit Pagoda. She watches him closely, conflicted between wanting to understand his secrets and guarding her own.

Character developments and interactions

• Xie Xie displays jealousy and protectiveness toward Li Qingyue, using an extravagant gift to compete with Gu Yue’s small gesture.
• Li Qingyue responds gently to Na’er’s mood and remains grateful to Leng Yaozhu, despite recognizing her strategic motives.
• Na’er is visibly annoyed by Gu Yue’s candy but is comforted by Li Qingyue sharing Xie Xie’s sweets.
• Gu Yue joins the class but remains emotionally and personally guarded around Li Qingyue. Watching him stirrings an unexplained ache in Tang Wulin, though he has never met her.
• Wu Changkong is confident in his students’ ability but mildly amused that their talent leaves him little opportunity to demonstrate his own teaching skill.

Significant themes

• Jealousy and affection: Small gifts become a quiet contest for Li Qingyue’s attention.
• Gratitude and obligation: Li Qingyue accepts Leng Yaozhu’s summons because he remembers her material support.
• Secrets and mistrust: Gu Yue’s curiosity about Li Qingyue clashes with her need to conceal her own identity.
• Talent and competition: Fifth Class’s strength raises expectations for the coming advancement contest.

Plot points

• Leng Yaozhu and Li Qingyue arrive at the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda, where Leng quickly takes control of the branch through her existing influence.
• Leng has converted the tower’s entire top floor into her private residence. She invites Li and Gu Yue to dinner and introduces them formally: Gu Yue is her personal disciple, while Li is her relative from a collateral branch of the Leng family.
• Leng explains that she brought them together partly to make the introduction and partly because she wants to formally accept Li as her disciple. She has delayed doing so since their first meeting three years earlier.
• Li agrees, seeing Leng’s protection as a major safeguard while the Qiangu Family is targeting him. He bows to her, and she gives him a valuable Storage Ring that can also alert her if he channels his Soul Power into it.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue accepts Leng’s offer calmly and respectfully. His decision reflects both trust and practical concern for his safety.
• Leng Yaozhu shows unusual warmth toward Li and acts on a sense of responsibility toward him, while remaining reserved and uninterested in ceremony or probing into his mysterious abilities.
• Gu Yue is introduced as Li’s senior fellow disciple. She behaves coolly, exchanging only a brief nod with him, and turns away when he meets her gaze.
• Leng positions herself as a protector and mentor to both young Soul Masters, though the chapter focuses especially on her bond with Li.

Significant themes

• Protection and security: Li’s apprenticeship gives him powerful protection amid the threat from the Qiangu Family.
• Mentorship and responsibility: Leng’s offer combines recognition of Li’s exceptional talent with a desire to make amends for the past.
• Power and authority: Leng’s status lets her take over the branch and claim its top floor with little resistance.
• Privacy and trust: Despite Li’s extraordinary Martial Souls, Leng chooses not to demand explanations, respecting his personal boundaries.

Key plot points and events

• Leng Yaozhu gives Li Qingyue a ring that can summon her with a thought and a trace of Soul Power. Its protection comes from her immense power as a Level 98 Super Douluo and Four-Word Battle Armor Master.
• Li accepts the ring, and he and Gu Yue leave the Spirit Pagoda together. They remain silent as Gu Yue struggles to act naturally around him.
• Outside, Li suddenly grabs Gu Yue’s hand and pulls them both away from their car. He has sensed hostile intent through his ability to perceive others’ feelings toward him.
• Their driver reveals a Level 4 Soul Tool shotgun and fires at close range. Li steps in front of Gu Yue and takes the full blast, collapsing with multiple wounds.
• The attacker then kills himself with a concealed spike, leaving no chance for questioning. Leng Yaozhu senses Li’s life force vanish and rushes outside, but arrives after both Li and the driver have fallen.

Character developments and interactions

• Leng Yaozhu demonstrates her protectiveness toward Li by giving him powerful emergency support, reflecting both her interest in his potential and her desire to safeguard him.
• Li Qingyue shows quick perception and decisive courage: he detects the ambush, shields Gu Yue, and takes the bullets meant for them.
• Gu Yue remains emotionally conflicted and outwardly distant, but Li’s sudden action—and his sacrifice—forces her into the crisis before she can respond.
• The driver’s sudden betrayal and suicide transform an apparently ordinary departure into a carefully timed assassination attempt, while Leng Yaozhu’s late arrival underscores how swift and unexpected it is.

Significant themes

• Protection and responsibility: Li’s instinct is to put himself between danger and Gu Yue; Leng Yaozhu’s ring represents another layer of protection around him.
• Power and vulnerability: Even a gifted Soul Master can be caught off guard by a weapon usable by ordinary people.
• Trust and betrayal: The attacker is their own driver, and his suicide suggests the plot reaches beyond a lone, spontaneous assault.
• Uncertainty and concealed motives: The assassin’s death leaves the attack’s sponsors and purpose unknown.

Key plot points and events

• An assassination attempt occurs near the Spirit Pagoda, where a middle-aged attendant—also Leng Yaozhu’s longtime driver—shoots Li Qingyue with a concealed firearm.
• Li appears to die in Gu Yue’s arms, but suddenly revives. Green shoots spread over his body, healing dozens of wounds in seconds and expelling the embedded shot.
• Leng Yaozhu arrives immediately. She recognizes the attack as likely orchestrated by Qiangu Dongfeng and identifies the weapon as a rare Tang Sect design that can be used without Soul Power.
• She apologizes for failing to prevent the attack and promises the Leng Family will provide an explanation. She then takes Li and Gu Yue back to Eastsea City Academy.

Character developments

• Li Qingyue reveals a remarkable regenerative ability and stays composed after surviving an attack that nearly killed him. He had anticipated danger, though the strike came unexpectedly.
• Gu Yue is shocked and holds Li as he appears to die; a fierce purple glint suggests anger or a desire to retaliate.
• Leng Yaozhu shifts from concern to cold fury. The betrayal hits especially hard because the attacker had served her for years and had been trusted under strict family safeguards.

Character interactions

• Gu Yue supports Li during his apparent death, then watches in disbelief as he recovers.
• Leng Yaozhu reassures the two, accepts responsibility, and promises them justice while escorting them to safety.
• The attendant’s betrayal exposes the limits of Leng Yaozhu’s safeguards: despite careful screening, generous pay, and oversight of staff families, Qiangu’s influence has reached into her household.

Significant themes

• Betrayal and vulnerability: Even tightly controlled, loyal-looking circles can be infiltrated.
• Power and political rivalry: The likely involvement of Qiangu Dongfeng underscores the threat posed by powerful families and the Leng Family’s weaker position.
• Resilience and hidden abilities: Li’s sudden recovery transforms an apparent tragedy into a startling display of his unusual power.

Key plot points

• Li Qingyue survives the assassination attempt thanks to his Eternal Life and Undying Body. He recognizes that the high-pressure projectile could have killed an ordinary person of his strength before he could defend himself.
• Leng Yaozhu suspects the Qiangu Family, but Li Qingyue privately considers the Leng Family more likely to have arranged the attack. He believes he was the intended target and accepts that he cannot yet discover who ordered it.
• Leng Yaozhu returns Li Qingyue and Gu Yue to Eastsea Academy, promises to investigate, then flies back to the Spirit Pagoda to pursue the matter herself.
• The attacker’s suicide suggests he was coerced: Leng Yaozhu reasons that someone had taken his family hostage, leaving him little choice but to attack and then kill himself to protect them.
• As Li Qingyue and Gu Yue walk through the academy, Na’er runs toward them, visibly anxious about Li Qingyue.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue responds to the attempt with resolve rather than panic or anger. He intends to grow stronger and investigate the conspiracy himself when he is able. He also notices Gu Yue’s difficulty expressing concern.
• Leng Yaozhu feels responsible and ashamed that her plan to invite Li Qingyue to become her disciple nearly led to his death. Her regret quickly turns to anger, and she acts decisively to investigate.
• Gu Yue is troubled by Li Qingyue’s injuries and by the fact that he risked himself to protect her, but her guarded nature keeps her from knowing how to express it. Their connection must develop through shared experience rather than an instinctive bond.
• Li Qingyue and Gu Yue return to the academy together in a quiet, emotionally strained moment; Gu Yue watches him closely but remains silent.
• Na’er’s sudden arrival signals her concern for Li Qingyue and interrupts the pair before Gu Yue can speak.

Significant themes

• Survival and perseverance: Li Qingyue treats the attack as a reason to become stronger, not as a cause for despair.
• Conspiracy and uncertainty: The true culprit remains unknown, and suspicion extends into Leng Yaozhu’s own family.
• Coercion and sacrifice: The attacker’s actions appear driven by threats to his family.
• Trust and emotional closeness: Gu Yue’s guardedness contrasts with her evident concern, underscoring that relationships must be built through shared feelings and experiences.

Plot and events

• Na’er rushes to Li Qingyue after seeing him return with red marks and badly torn clothes. He reassures her that he is not seriously hurt.
• Na’er confronts Gu Yue, blaming her for Li Qingyue’s condition. Gu Yue accepts responsibility for the damaged clothes, offers to pay, and leaves without explaining what happened.
• Na’er wants to stop Gu Yue, but Li Qingyue restrains her. Once alone with him, Na’er breaks down, fearing that his injuries might prove fatal despite his rapid healing.
• Li Qingyue comforts her and explains that Eastsea City is more dangerous than they had assumed, even with Leng Yaozhu present.
• He worries that witnesses or nearby cameras may have recorded his extraordinary recovery. Such public displays—and the miracles connected to Leng Xiaoyue—could attract dangerous attention.
• Li Qingyue reflects that revealing the powers of future Emanators may be unavoidable, but he is currently too weak to protect himself or his plans. In this world, talent and inherited destiny offer little safety until they become real power.

Character developments

• Na’er reveals how deeply she fears losing Li Qingyue. Her usual restraint gives way to jealousy, anger, and near-tearful vulnerability.
• Li Qingyue remains gentle and protective toward Na’er, but privately recognizes the risks surrounding his abilities and ambitions. His calm reassurance contrasts with his growing awareness of how exposed he is.
• Gu Yue appears uneasy and offers a brief apology, but leaves without clarifying what happened, leaving tension unresolved.

Relationships and interactions

• Na’er’s accusation creates a sharp confrontation with Gu Yue, while Li Qingyue prevents Na’er from escalating it.
• Na’er clings to Li Qingyue for comfort; he accepts and reassures her rather than scolding her.
• Li Qingyue’s tenderness toward Na’er underscores their close, protective bond, while Na’er’s reaction hints at possessiveness and fear of others getting close to him.

Significant themes

• Exposure and secrecy: Extraordinary healing and miraculous powers may be impossible to conceal.
• Vulnerability beneath potential: Even someone destined for greatness is endangered while still weak.
• Protective attachment: Love and fear can surface as anger, jealousy, and emotional dependence.
• A hostile world: Li Qingyue sees the world as predatory, where power—not talent or good intentions—is what offers protection.

Plot points and events

• Li Qingyue considers how to grow stronger without openly revealing his Aeon power. He realizes he could send Leng Xiaoyue to raid smaller Tang Sect and Spirit Pagoda branches for resources, relying on his ability to revive her if she dies.
• Li Qingyue and Xie Xie head to the arena for Class Five’s promotion match against Class Four. The tournament has been compressed into one day, and students and teachers from all five classes gather to watch.
• Wu Changkong keeps Li Qingyue out of the match, wanting his own students’ abilities—not Li’s overwhelming strength—to be on display.
• Class Five fields Xie Xie, Zhou Changxi, and Tang Wulin against three Class Four students, all above Level 15. Although Class Five appears to be at a disadvantage, Xie Xie reveals that he has reached the Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster level.
• The match ends almost immediately: Zhou Changxi knocks down one opponent, while Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass restrains the other two for Zhou to defeat.

Character developments

• Li Qingyue becomes more resourceful after his recent death, reconsidering his assumptions about powerful organizations and treating Leng Xiaoyue’s revival as a way to take greater risks.
• Xie Xie enters the match with confidence and reveals a major advance in strength.
• Zhou Changxi shows improved combat experience and decisiveness.
• Tang Wulin demonstrates effective coordination with Zhou Changxi, using his abilities to control the opponents.

Character interactions

• Li Qingyue discusses no plan aloud, but mentally views Leng Xiaoyue as both a capable partner and a means of acquiring resources.
• Xie Xie and Li Qingyue walk together to the arena before Xie Xie joins Zhou Changxi and Tang Wulin in the match.
• The three Class Five fighters coordinate smoothly: Xie Xie draws attention with his revealed strength, while Tang Wulin restrains opponents and Zhou Changxi finishes them.

Significant themes

• Strength and secrecy: Li Qingyue seeks power while avoiding exposure.
• Risk and exploitation: His plan depends on Leng Xiaoyue’s ability to be revived, raising questions about how casually he treats her safety.
• Growth and teamwork: Class Five’s training and coordination overturn the apparent advantage of more experienced, higher-level opponents.

Plot points and events

• Class Four is stunned when Xie Xie’s team defeats Class Three with a coordinated aerial attack. Zhou Changxi launches Xie Xie into the air, while Tang Wulin’s vines restrain the triplets and Xie Xie knocks them out; the last surrenders.
• Class Two, despite having a Second-Ring student, is also defeated quickly.
• The competition then reaches Class One, whose three students—Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng—are all Second-Ring cultivators.
• Wang Jinxi overpowers Zhou Changxi and sends him sprawling. Wei Xiaofeng’s venomous snake strikes Tang Wulin, poisoning him and taking him out of the fight.
• Xie Xie exploits the opponents’ confidence: he sneaks past Wang Jinxi’s guard and stabs him, then uses Light Dragon Storm to knock down the enraged Zhang Yangzi.
• Wei Xiaofeng tries to attack Xie Xie, but his snake bites Zhang Yangzi instead. Xie Xie brings a dagger to Zhang Yangzi’s neck, leaving the match poised for his victory.

Character developments and interactions

• Xie Xie demonstrates growing skill as a tactical fighter, using surprise, speed, and his opponents’ emotions rather than matching their strength directly.
• Zhou Changxi and Tang Wulin support him with teamwork, though the Class One match quickly takes them out of action.
• Li Qingyue remains calm and confident in Xie Xie, even as Na’er and Gu Yue question whether he can defeat stronger opponents.
• Ye Yingluo admires Wu Changkong’s training and students but remains determined to defend her own class’s standing. Her younger sister, by contrast, is openly curious about Wu Changkong.

Significant themes

• Experience and tactics can outweigh raw power, particularly at lower levels.
• Teamwork and trust let Xie Xie’s group compete against stronger opponents.
• Composure matters: Xie Xie turns Zhang Yangzi’s anger against him, while Wei Xiaofeng’s attempted attack ends up striking his own teammate.
• Confidence can become a vulnerability: Class One’s early dominance leads its students to underestimate Xie Xie.

Key plot points and events

• Xie Xie outmaneuvers Wei Xiaofeng and Zhang Yangzi, turns their attacks against them, and secures victory for his team—helping his former class become the new Class One.
• Exhausted, Xie Xie approaches Li Qingyue to celebrate. Before Li can heal him, Wei Xiaofeng launches a surprise poisonous-snake attack after the match.
• A portal-like opening appears above them, and a mass of vines intercepts the snake, binds Wei, and tears off all four of his limbs.
• Li Qingyue then heals Xie Xie, Zhou Changxi, and Tang Wulin. Wu Changkong cuts the vines free, and the opening disappears.
• Long Hengxu and Ye Yingluo rush to help the unconscious Wei, whose injuries may have lasting consequences.

Character developments

• Xie Xie proves his tactical skill and composure, overcoming three opponents despite being outnumbered and outmatched in strength. He is exhausted but proud of the victory.
• Wei Xiaofeng cannot accept defeat and resorts to a potentially lethal sneak attack; his impulsiveness leads to catastrophic consequences.
• Li Qingyue remains outwardly calm while using overwhelming force to stop Wei, then turns immediately to healing the injured.
• Wu Changkong is visibly angry at Wei’s unsportsmanlike and dangerous conduct, though he intervenes only after Wei has been maimed.

Significant themes

• Strategy over strength: Xie Xie’s quick thinking allows him to defeat stronger opposition.
• Sportsmanship and consequences: Wei’s refusal to accept defeat turns a completed match into a grave incident.
• Power and moral ambiguity: Li’s decisive intervention saves Xie Xie, but the brutality of his response raises questions about proportionality.
• The cost of reckless violence: Wei’s attack and the response leave him seriously injured, showing how quickly conflict can escalate.

Character interactions

• Xie Xie shares his victory with Li Qingyue, who moves to heal him.
• Wei’s attack interrupts their exchange; Li protects Xie Xie, then restores his strength.
• Wu Changkong and the teachers react to the attack and its aftermath, while Long Hengxu and Ye Yingluo prioritize Wei’s emergency care.

Key plot points

• At a promotion match, vines suddenly attacked Wei Xiaofeng, restraining him and tearing off his limbs before anyone could intervene. An ambulance took him away.
• Long Hengxu searched the students and teachers for the culprit, but found no obvious suspect. The attacker’s strength and unusual plant-based power seemed beyond what the students could manage.
• Wu Changkong appears to recognize Li Qingyue as responsible, but keeps quiet. Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Na’er also suspect him, yet none report him.
• Ye Yingluo angrily blames Wu Changkong for failing to stop the attack. When he reveals the pressure of his six Soul Rings, she falls silent. He leads his class away without engaging further.
• The school holds a lengthy meeting and investigates nearby teachers, but finds no one with a suitable Martial Soul.
• Alone afterward, Li Qingyue opens his Abundance Divine Kingdom and watches a tree and its vines grow above a pool of white water, sensing power and Faith within them.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue is revealed as the likely attacker. His retaliation was probably meant to protect Xie Xie, though it was severe. He remains calm and conceals his involvement.
• Xie Xie is unwaveringly loyal to Li Qingyue, considering him his most important friend and accepting even his brutal defense of him. He would stand by Li Qingyue without hesitation.
• Gu Yue and Na’er suspect Li Qingyue but feel no sympathy for Wei Xiaofeng and choose not to expose him.
• Wu Changkong understands Li Qingyue may be responsible but protects his silence. He also rebuffs Ye Yingluo’s accusations with an intimidating display of strength.
• Ye Yingluo is furious and distressed over her injured student, but directs her anger at Wu Changkong rather than considering a student could be responsible.
• Long Hengxu remains unable to identify the attacker, while the school’s assumptions about student strength lead investigators to focus on teachers.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and protection: Xie Xie’s devotion to Li Qingyue shapes his response to the violence.
• Vengeance and disproportionate justice: Li Qingyue’s likely defense of a friend crosses into grievous harm.
• Secrecy and misjudgment: Several characters suspect the truth, but the school’s assumptions prevent it from being considered openly.
• Power and hidden growth: Li Qingyue’s private cultivation scene hints at an unusual source or development of his abilities.

Key plot points

• After the previous night’s events, Wei Xiaofeng is left with all four limbs broken. Though they are reattached, his future as a cultivator is badly damaged; his parents collect his belongings and he is unlikely to return to Eastsea Academy.
• The academy pays Wei’s family compensation but cannot identify the person responsible. Li Qingyue remains unconcerned about the investigation.
• Director Long Hengxu is removed from his position after Wei’s injury and complaints from teachers about his poor class assignments.
• Headmaster Yu Zhen apologizes publicly, then announces that former Class Five will be promoted to Class One and that a new elite First-Year Class Zero is being formed.
• Class Zero’s roster includes Li Qingyue, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Na’er, Xu Xiaoyan, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi. The decision provokes resentment because the special class will receive a large share of the academy’s resources.
• Yu Zhen intends to use the class to raise Eastsea Academy’s standing across the Eastern Province. Wu Changkong, whose students have now distinguished themselves, is positioned to lead it.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue focuses on building useful alliances and arranges to meet Leng Xiaoyue. He shows little concern about Long Hengxu’s demotion, viewing it as deserved.
• Xie Xie brings Li Qingyue breakfast and shares the news about Long Hengxu, acting as a casual source of gossip.
• Yu Zhen reveals his ambition to strengthen the academy. He has carefully assessed the students’ abilities and is willing to concentrate resources on them.
• Wu Changkong gains institutional backing: his students’ success helps establish his credibility among the academy’s teachers.
• The former Class Five students feel cheated by the creation of Class Zero, fearing their promised resources and support will be reduced.

Significant themes

• Talent and institutional investment: Yu Zhen believes exceptional students deserve concentrated support, even at the expense of other classes.
• Reputation and ambition: The academy seeks to rise beyond its local prominence by cultivating a standout group.
• Consequences and accountability: Wei’s injury damages both his prospects and the academy’s reputation, while Long Hengxu’s decisions cost him his leadership role.
• Unequal opportunity: Class Zero’s benefits create resentment among students who expected to share in the academy’s resources.

Key plot points and events

• Yu Zhen invites the selected students to join Eastsea Academy’s new Class Zero and presents them with agreements. The documents restrict transfers and early departures, though students can leave by repaying the academy’s expenses. In return, they are promised a weekly extra benefit: access to the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Li Qingyue reads the agreement carefully and signs without hesitation. Xie Xie and Na’er follow his lead, and his decision also prompts Tang Wulin and Gu Yue to sign. Xu Xiaoyan signs as well; the hesitant Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi eventually do too.
• Yu Zhen explains that Class Zero will have its own classroom and consist only of the selected students. With no classes that day, they leave the office and go their separate ways.
• Xie Xie asks Li Qingyue whether the agreement hides a catch. Li Qingyue dismisses the concern, saying the group can accept the academy’s investment now and challenge its authority once they are strong.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue emerges as a calm, influential leader. He studies the agreement rather than rushing, then acts decisively; several classmates trust his judgment and imitate him.
• Xie Xie trusts Li Qingyue but remains wary of the complicated terms and unclear rewards.
• Na’er shows little interest in the agreement itself, yet signs after Li Qingyue does.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue quietly follow Li Qingyue’s example, while Xu Xiaoyan makes her own relatively quick decision.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi sign partly because they do not want the former Class Five students to outpace them, despite being unsure of the agreement.
• Yu Zhen sees Li Qingyue as a striking and unifying presence among the children, and believes the academy is making a worthwhile investment.

Significant themes

• Trust and leadership: Li Qingyue’s composure influences the group more than the agreement’s complicated wording.
• Investment and obligation: The academy offers expensive training opportunities in exchange for restrictive commitments and hopes of future prestige.
• Power and independence: Li Qingyue argues that contractual terms matter less once the students are strong enough to stand on their own.

Plot and key events

• Li Qingyue explains that Eastsea Academy’s graduation agreement is unlikely to matter if the students become powerful enough to gain protection from major institutions. Xie Xie understands; Gu Yue and Na’er are unconcerned.
• The group moves into upgraded two-person rooms in the teachers’ residence and receives a dedicated classroom as Class Zero. Xie Xie is especially pleased with the better facilities.
• When the others go out to celebrate, Li Qingyue stays behind to meet Leng Xiaoyue, who has traveled by high-speed train after receiving his message.
• Leng reports that she has spread the faith of Abundance and attracted new believers. Li Qingyue plans to organize people he has healed to gather information and raid Spirit Pagoda and Tang Sect sites for resources—a dangerous mission.
• He recognizes that believers may hesitate to risk their lives, but explains that after reaching the Third Ring and completing his Divine Kingdom, he can now resurrect the dead by spending enough Power of Faith. He raises the Ambrosial Arbor’s bough toward Leng Xiaoyue as the chapter ends.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue shows a pragmatic understanding of power and institutions. His growing abilities also make him a more ambitious leader, though he considers the risks his followers would face.
• Xie Xie is quick to grasp Li’s reasoning and is delighted by the new dormitory.
• Gu Yue remains indifferent to the agreement, while Na’er simply follows Li’s lead.
• Leng Xiaoyue has recovered physically and emotionally. Having witnessed Abundance’s healing power, she now reveres Li deeply and reports to him as a devoted follower.

Significant themes

• Power and influence: Formal agreements lose force when individuals gain powerful allies.
• Faith and leadership: Li’s followers’ devotion gives him influence, but asking them to risk their lives tests that faith.
• Responsibility and sacrifice: Li weighs the dangers of his plans against the needs of those he has healed.
• Escalating divine power: The completed Divine Kingdom unlocks resurrection, marking a major increase in Li’s capabilities.

Key plot points and events

• Li Qingyue uses the Power of Abundance to bind Leng Xiaoyue to him and asks her to rob Spirit Pagoda and Tang Sect branches in smaller cities to gather resources for his cultivation.
• Leng Xiaoyue accepts without hesitation, pledging her life and wanting to spread Abundance. The power makes her absolutely loyal, and Li intends to use her as a public focus to divert attention from himself while he and Gu Yue remain weak.
• Li explains his new Third-Ring ability, Undying: as long as he exists and their bond remains intact, Leng Xiaoyue can return from death by praying to him.
• To demonstrate, he slits her throat. Leng Xiaoyue prays, and a divine tree’s green vines close the wound. She then tests the power by cutting off a finger, which regenerates within seconds.
• Abundance has also raised her strength to above that of an ordinary Soul Emperor, and her resilience gives her confidence against even a Soul Sage.
• Before Li can respond further, Xie Xie calls in panic: he and his companions have killed someone and need Li’s help. Xie Xie has already contacted his mother, who is sending assistance.

Character developments and interactions

• Leng Xiaoyue moves from cautious dependence to fervent belief in Li’s power, especially after witnessing her own resurrection. She accepts the dangerous mission and sees herself as devoted to both Li and Abundance.
• Li Qingyue shows himself to be pragmatic and protective of his secrecy: he empowers Leng Xiaoyue, plans to use her to attract scrutiny, and keeps his own weakness in mind. His demonstration of Undying is deliberately brutal but confirms his promise.
• Xie Xie enters the chapter in crisis, abruptly shifting the focus from Li’s plans to a potentially serious incident.

Significant themes

• Resurrection and faith: Leng’s experience transforms an abstract promise into convincing proof that the dead might be brought back.
• Loyalty and control: Abundance offers immense power but removes the possibility of disobedience.
• Power and vulnerability: Li possesses extraordinary abilities, yet remains cautious because he and Gu Yue are not strong enough to face major threats openly.
• Sacrifice and instrumentalization: Leng willingly risks herself, while Li also views her as a strategic means of drawing attention away from him.