Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Li Qingyue tells Leng Xiaoyue to spread the Faith of Abundance openly throughout Eastsea City, especially among people previously treated at the hospital, whom the Power of Abundance has already affected.
• Leng Xiaoyue warns that attracting attention from the Federation could bring severe consequences. Li Qingyue dismisses the danger and says creating wider disorder may help conceal him—particularly as he expects the Qiangu Family to target him.
• Li Qingyue reveals that Leng Yaozhu has left, removing an important protection. Leng Xiaoyue fears he has been abandoned, but Li insists she focus on recruiting Believers. She agrees and plans to expand the Faith beyond the city as well, potentially drawing the Tang Sect into the conflict.
• Three days later, Li joins Wu Changkong for entry into the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform. Wu will accompany him without taking part in the hunt. The others will enter the Primary Platform.
• At the Spirit Pagoda, Mo Qing receives the group without disclosing Li and Wu’s identities. Wu advises the others to record their experiences for later review. Li and Wu then enter stasis pods together, set to arrive side by side.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue shows increasing confidence and ambition, choosing deliberate exposure and confusion over caution. He expects danger after Leng Yaozhu’s departure but remains outwardly unconcerned. He also dislikes Leng Xiaoyue questioning his orders.
• Leng Xiaoyue remains fiercely loyal and worried for Li’s safety. Though she raises practical concerns, she submits when she senses his impatience and commits to carrying out his plan.
• Wu Changkong supports Li by accompanying him into a far more dangerous area, while maintaining the boundary that he will not hunt on Li’s behalf.
• Xie Xie is less anxious than before but worries about entering the Primary Platform without Li, given his relative weakness. Li considers but rejects making him a Believer, unwilling to risk harming Xie Xie’s future development.

Significant themes

• Faith and power: The Faith of Abundance is being expanded as a means of gaining influence and control.
• Risk versus concealment: Li knowingly provokes a larger conflict, believing widespread disorder will make him harder to identify.
• Loyalty and authority: Leng Xiaoyue’s devotion is tested by her fear for Li, while Li expects obedience from his Emanator.
• Growth and vulnerability: The Spirit Ascension Platform exposes the gap between Li’s strength and the dangers he must face, making Wu’s protection important.

Plot points and events

• Li Qingyue enters the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, where the forest feels more vivid and dangerous than the lower-level platform. He connects faintly with nearby trees but decides to rely mainly on his Reignbow Arbiter power, concealing his Abundance abilities.
• Wu Changkong chooses to watch from a distance rather than accompany him. Li Qingyue equips his blue armor, chariot-like battle wheels, and star-cluster Longbow, then charges into the forest.
• A powerful white tiger attacks him suddenly. His armor withstands its claws, and he marks several nearby beasts before killing the tiger with Shattered Star Flurry. Its strength is compared to that of an ordinary Soul Ancestor, despite Li Qingyue having only three Soul Rings.
• Li Qingyue continues deeper into the forest, pursuing a marked beast estimated to have cultivated for over seven thousand years. He soon reaches a forest clearing, where a large blue-green baboon watches him from a tree.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue shows confidence, speed, and tactical skill, while remaining cautious about exposing his connection to the Abundance organization. His success against the tiger encourages him to keep pushing his limits.
• Wu Changkong silently observes and protects Li Qingyue from afar. Though impressed by the fight, he is concerned the Spirit Pagoda may secretly be recording it.
• Mo Qing, secretly watching through the surveillance feed, is astonished by Li Qingyue’s talent and begins to understand why Leng Yaozhu values him so highly. Her curiosity leads her to break the agreement to shut off surveillance.
• Li Qingyue and Wu Changkong have a brief, understated interaction: Li Qingyue expects company, but Wu withdraws, leaving him to fight independently while keeping watch.

Significant themes

• Hidden power and secrecy: Li Qingyue limits his use of Abundance abilities to avoid revealing his ties.
• Testing one’s limits: He enters a dangerous environment deliberately, seeking tougher opponents rather than resting after victory.
• Exceptional talent and rising attention: His ability to defeat a beast far above his apparent level draws the notice of powerful observers.
• Trust and surveillance: Wu’s protective distance and Mo Qing’s covert viewing highlight the tension between safeguarding Li Qingyue and monitoring him.

Li Qingyue struggled against a powerful baboon soul beast whose strength exceeded his own, while avoiding revealing his power of Abundance. As the fight worsened, he chose to reveal another power by dismissing his Deep Blue Armor and unfurling enormous flame-like wings.

• Li Qingyue attacked the baboon with arrows of light, but its wounds healed and its strength forced him to retreat.
• The baboon chased Li Qingyue through the forest, trapped him in a cage of thorned vines, and attacked with its massive palm.
• Li Qingyue destroyed the vines with Shattered Star Flurry, but the baboon kept regenerating them and continued pressing its attack.
• Mo Qing watched from above as Wu Changkong considered intervening, but he held back to let Li Qingyue face the challenge himself.
• Li Qingyue decided not to use the power of Abundance and dismissed his Deep Blue Armor, revealing enormous flame-like wings.

Li Qingyue used his Ancestral Phoenix flames and fire phoenix martial soul to overpower and kill a giant ape far stronger than himself. At the Command Tower, Mo Qing recorded and secretly sent footage of his power to the Qiangu Family, choosing to gamble on her own future despite betraying Vice Pagoda Master Leng Yaozhu.

• Li Qingyue broke free of the giant ape’s vine cage with Ancestral Phoenix flames and wounded it with a flaming saber.
• Li Qingyue summoned his evolved fire phoenix soul spirit and used flame blades and fiery chains to burn and restrain the giant ape.
• Li Qingyue outlasted the giant ape, which collapsed and transformed into a streak of light that entered his body.
• Wu Changkong watched Li Qingyue’s third martial soul in disbelief, while Mo Qing mistook it for the Leng Family’s fire phoenix martial soul.
• Mo Qing saved the battle footage, sent it through an encrypted website, and accepted that her choice betrayed Vice Pagoda Master Leng Yaozhu.

Li Qingyue absorbed a nearly nine-thousand-year-old soul beast in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, strengthening and evolving his Fire Phoenix martial soul and advancing his soul rings to purple. As he watched the others explore, Qiangu Dongfeng identified him from surveillance footage and ordered people sent to Eastsea City to kill him.

• Li Qingyue absorbed the soul beast's spiritual energy as Huohuo evolved, while Wu Changkong tested the flames and waited for him to finish.
• Li Qingyue returned to the real world with three purple soul rings, and Wu Changkong checked on the others exploring the Elementary Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Li Qingyue watched Na'er fight alone, then saw her kill Mu Xi when they encountered each other.
• Qiangu Dongfeng watched footage of Li Qingyue defeating a powerful soul beast and ordered his people to go to the Spirit Pagoda in Eastsea City and kill him.

Qiangu Dongfeng decided Li Qingyue had to die because of the threat he posed alongside Leng Yaozhu’s growing strength. Two months later, Li Qingyue secretly broke through to the fourth ring, and his Revival authority began affecting Leng Xiaoyue at an Abundance orphanage.

• Qiangu Dongfeng learned Li Qingyue’s identity and resolved to have him killed to prevent Leng Yaozhu and the Leng Family from growing stronger.
• After the Spirit Ascension Platform trial, Li Qingyue rode back to Eastsea Academy with Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Na'er, and Gu Yue, while Na'er quietly provoked Gu Yue.
• More than two months later, Li Qingyue broke through to the fourth ring in his dormitory and asked Xie Xie to keep it secret.
• Li Qingyue expanded the Abundance Divine Kingdom and released the power of Revival.
• At an Abundance orphanage, Leng Xiaoyue noticed her hands turning pale green as Revival’s power took hold.

Leng Xiaoyue used the power Li Qingyue granted her to resurrect her younger brother, Leng Xiaoyu, after traveling to their hometown. As Leng Xiaoyu awoke in his coffin, Leng Xiaoyue recognized him but was unsettled by the eerie reality of bringing the dead back to life.

• Leng Xiaoyue sensed Li Qingyue's new power and hurried to her hometown to resurrect her younger brother.
• Li Qingyue discovered that his Third Ring ability, Life Echo, let him control believers and turn them into Abominations of Abundance.
• Li Qingyue and Xie Xie ate and rested, then attended class and trained over the next three days.
• Leng Xiaoyue reached Leng Xiaoyu's grave and used her green power to channel energy into his body.
• Leng Xiaoyu awoke in his coffin, and Leng Xiaoyue recognized him as her brother while feeling both joy and unease.

Leng Xiaoyue revived her brother Leng Xiaoyu with Li Qingyue’s power and brought him into his service before returning with him to Eastsea City. There, a sweeping Tang Sect purge began, ending with a young man detonating himself while praising the God of Abundance.

• Leng Xiaoyue told the revived Leng Xiaoyu that he owed service to Li Qingyue, and Leng Xiaoyu agreed.
• Leng Xiaoyue transferred green power to Leng Xiaoyu, who met Li Qingyue in his mind sea and received a transformation.
• Leng Xiaoyue warned Leng Xiaoyu to hide his resurrection and promised to create him a false identity as they headed for Eastsea City.
• Wu Changkong led Li Qingyue, Xie Xie, Na'er, and the other students to the Tang Sect amid a citywide screening operation.
• A young man with a vine-covered arm tried to flee the Tang Sect forces, was shot down, and exploded after shouting praise for the God of Abundance.

After a violent explosion and a false claim of faith in Abundance, the Tang Sect began searching Eastsea City for believers. Wu Changkong brought Li Qingyue and the others to the Tang Sect, then silently offered to protect Li Qingyue and flee with him if he admitted the truth.

• A vine-wielding man shouted about faith in Abundance during an explosion, prompting the Tang Sect to begin screening people across Eastsea City.
• Wu Changkong showed his Tang Sect token and passed through the soldiers, then led Li Qingyue, Na'er, Tang Wulin, and the others toward the Tang Sect.
• Li Qingyue reasoned that the Tang Sect could not detect the true power of Abundance and reflected on how its faith had spread among ordinary people.
• At the Tang Sect, Wu Changkong stood protectively before Li Qingyue and offered to take him away if he admitted he was a believer in Abundance.

Wu Changkong brought the students to the Tang Sect and invited them to take its entry exam, but only Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Tang Wulin attempted it. After all three were eliminated, the group returned by bus, with Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi unsettled by the loss of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Wu Changkong led the students into the Tang Sect and explained that passing its first exam stage would make them members.
• Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Tang Wulin took the exam while Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, Li Qingyue, Na'er, and Gu Yue stayed behind.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi were eliminated after their attempted fusion failed, and Tang Wulin was defeated by the unusually powerful Huo Yuhao in the third stage.
• Li Qingyue recognized that the exam opponents' abilities had been artificially enhanced, reinforcing his decision not to join the Tang Sect.
• After Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi joined the Tang Sect, the students returned by bus, where Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi reacted uneasily to their failed fusion.