Chapter Summaries

Fang Qianyuan killed the giant bear with Mountain-Breaking Gang, but found Little White dead at the mountain stream. Grief-stricken, he howled, and the wolves of Wolf Valley came running.

• Fang Qianyuan used Raging Wind Slash against the giant bear, but its protective gang qi absorbed most of the attack.
• Fang Qianyuan gathered his spirit essence and the Gale Berserker Wolf's power to attempt Mountain-Breaking Gang.
• Fang Qianyuan pierced the giant bear with Mountain-Breaking Gang, killing it with a concussive blast.
• Fang Qianyuan hurried to Little White and found her dead, then remembered her loyalty and understood she had regarded him as a companion.
• Fang Qianyuan howled in grief as blue-green wolf-shaped spirit essence enveloped him, and the wolves of Wolf Valley answered and rushed toward him.

After Little White died saving Fang Qianyuan, Steward Wolf offered a way to restore her by making her Fang Qianyuan’s lifebound spirit creature. Fang Qianyuan accepted, despite the cost and the limits it could place on his future.

• Steward Wolf arrived too late to save Little White and told Fang Qianyuan that apologizing could not bring her back.
• Fang Qianyuan called Little White his friend and insisted that he would rather die than let her die in his place.
• Steward Wolf revealed that the Spirit Taming Art could reshape Little White’s spiritual body, but she would have to become Fang Qianyuan’s lifebound spirit creature.
• Steward Wolf warned that Little White would draw on Fang Qianyuan’s vital essence and soul, demand resources, and potentially limit his strength and potential.
• Fang Qianyuan agreed without hesitation to make Little White his lifebound spirit creature.

Fang Qianyuan bonded with the reincarnated Little White through a Blood-Sworn Pact, learning that her name was Bai Lingshuang. To ease concerns that his crowded Spirit Sea would hinder her recovery, the stooped old man gave Fang Qianyuan a powerful Spirit-Sealing Treasure.

• The stooped old man explained the origins of the Spirit Taming Art and performed a Blood-Sworn Pact with Fang Qianyuan and Little White.
• Little White's true spirit reincarnated inside Fang Qianyuan's Spirit Sea, where he found her weak and unfamiliar.
• The stooped old man said Little White would recover her strength and memories over time and told Fang Qianyuan her name was Bai Lingshuang.
• Fang Qianyuan worried that his crowded Spirit Sea would hinder Little White's recovery.
• The stooped old man gave Fang Qianyuan the Moon-Reflecting Wolf Fang Chain, a Grotto-Heaven Treasure with six vacant Spirit Apertures.

Fang Qianyuan accepted the Moon-Reflecting Wolf Fang Chain and, after reflecting on his hatred for the bear that had nearly killed him, transformed it into a spirit creature himself. He bonded with the mutated bear and realized that spirit taming meant redemption rather than enslavement.

• The stooped old man gave Fang Qianyuan the Moon-Reflecting Wolf Fang Chain, and Fang moved his bonded spirit creatures into its spacious apertures.
• The stooped old man told Fang to return to the Training Institute soon and visit him instead of going back to Wolf Valley.
• Fang picked up Little White's body and said he wanted to resolve his hatred for the bear and end their chain of cause and effect.
• The stooped old man urged Fang to transform the bear into a spirit creature himself, and Fang performed the spirit-bonding ritual.
• The bear's soul overcame its fear and entered Fang's Spirit Sea, completing the contract as the stooped old man recognized Fang's heart of the wild.

Fang Qianyuan left the forest after learning more about the Heart of the Wild and was warned by the stooped old man to conceal the Moon-Reflecting Wolf Fang Chain. He returned to the Training Institute having mastered the Mountain-Breaking Gang, then prepared to receive a talisman for the approaching Sect Grand Tournament.

• The stooped old man explained the Heart of the Wild and cautioned Fang Qianyuan not to reveal or recklessly use the Moon-Reflecting Wolf Fang Chain.
• Fang Qianyuan left the forest and found that the Heart of the Wild let him control his spirit creatures with far greater ease and efficiency.
• Fang Qianyuan summoned the Gale Berserker Wolf and raced back to the Training Institute.
• Fang Qianyuan told Gong Yuan that he had comprehended the Heart of the Wild and mastered the Mountain-Breaking Gang, and Gong Yuan celebrated the news.
• The next day, Fang Qianyuan went to the Heavenly Hall to receive the Wolf Fang Armor-Piercing Talisman for the coming Sect Grand Tournament.

Fang Qianyuan received the Wolf Fang Armor-Piercing Talisman and prepared to travel to Headquarters for the Sect Grand Tournament. As he departed, Ye Tianming vowed to use Fang Qianyuan as his rival and surpass him someday.

• Gong Yuan applied the Wolf Fang Armor-Piercing Talisman to Fang Qianyuan and explained how he could conceal and reactivate his Inscribed Talismans.
• Gong Yuan told Fang Qianyuan about the tournament schedule and urged him to aim for the upper middle ranks.
• Fang Qianyuan met the other disciples departing for Headquarters, while Ye Li told Ye Tianming that Fang Qianyuan had comprehended the Heart of the Wild.
• Ye Tianming resolved to treat Fang Qianyuan as his whetstone and eventually defeat him at a higher cultivation rank.
• A Thousand-League Soaring Cloud Roc carrying the Cloud Pavilion arrived, and Fang Qianyuan and the others boarded for their journey to Headquarters.

Fang Qianyuan and the Cang Mountain Academy delegation arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect headquarters for the Sect Grand Tournament, where their reception introduced them to Chief Steward Han. On the way to their lodgings, they encountered the rival Red-Scale Training Institute, and Fang Qianyuan noticed someone unusual among them.

• Fang Qianyuan cultivated during the journey aboard the Thousand-League Soaring Cloud Roc until the group reached the Azure Cloud Sect headquarters at dusk.
• The academy delegation met Steward Han, who greeted Ye Tianming before learning that Fang Qianyuan had placed first in the academy's selection.
• Steward Han offered to help Fang Qianyuan during his stay, and the delegation followed him toward their lodgings.
• The Cang Mountain Academy group encountered the Red-Scale Training Institute, whose Institute Master teased Institute Master Wei about their rivalry and a past tournament loss.
• As Fang Qianyuan passed the rival delegation on his Blue-Eyed Gray Wolf, he noticed an unusual person among them.

Fang Qianyuan clashed with the snake-faced disciple Meng Du after intercepting his venomous snake attack, but both institutes’ masters calmed the confrontation. Fang learned that Meng Du also possessed the heart of the wild and was the Red-Scale Training Institute’s top contender for the Sect Grand Tournament.

• Meng Du sent a venomous silver-banded snake at Fang Qianyuan, who cut it down and counterattacked with a Raging Wind Slash.
• Institute Master Lin stopped Fang’s attack and apologized for Meng Du, and Fang accepted the apology without escalating the dispute.
• After the groups parted, Meng Du told Institute Master Lin that Fang Qianyuan was the same kind as him, revealing that Fang had grasped the heart of the wild.
• Institute Master Lin ordered a disciple to investigate Fang Qianyuan’s origins and warned him that Fang was very strong.
• Steward Han identified the snake-faced man as Meng Du, the Red-Scale Training Institute’s top selection winner and secret weapon for the Sect Grand Tournament.

Fang Qianyuan learned about Meng Du, a gifted disciple whose poisonous power had forced him into seclusion, and practiced using the bear spirit’s strength and defense. As the Sect Grand Tournament approached, he heard that information about the newly advanced disciples, including his own, had spread throughout headquarters.

• The Institute Master and Steward Han told Fang Qianyuan that Meng Du had inherited a poisonous beastly gift, advanced rapidly to the ninth transformation, and was coming out of seclusion to compete in the tournament.
• Fang Qianyuan learned that the Sect Grand Tournament would begin in three days and trained with his bear spirit, testing its powerful palm strike and defensive hide.
• Fang Qianyuan considered whether to cultivate the bear spirit through the Transformation Dao or refine it as a Manifestation Dao summon, then decided to keep his priorities clear.
• Senior Brother Mo told Fang Qianyuan that details about the newly advanced tournament disciples, including Fang Qianyuan and Ye, had spread throughout headquarters.
• Fang Qianyuan reassured Senior Brother Mo and suggested they return to ask the Institute Master what had happened.

After news of a suspected scheme by Institute Master Lin enraged Institute Master Wei, Gong Yuan gave Fang Qianyuan a roster of the tournament’s strongest contenders and explained the stakes. Fang Qianyuan learned what to expect from the favorites, while Gong Yuan urged him to showcase his potential and perhaps attract an Earth Rank Expert as a master.

• Institute Master Wei blamed Institute Master Lin for leaking their plans and, still angry over their old rivalry, ordered the disciples to make Meng Du pay if they faced him.
• Gong Yuan told Fang Qianyuan and the others to keep preparing while he investigated the leak.
• Gong Yuan brought Fang Qianyuan a Headquarters roster and explained that tournament results could affect institute assessments and staff appointments.
• Gong Yuan described championship favorite Meng Du and finalist Liu Yeye, warning Fang Qianyuan about their strengths.
• Gong Yuan listed other experienced contenders and emerging talents, including Fang Qianyuan and Ye Tianming, as possible challengers for the final eight.
• Gong Yuan urged Fang Qianyuan to perform well enough to catch an Earth Rank Expert’s attention and earn a chance to become a true disciple.

Fang Qianyuan drew attention from rival academies because he had won Cang Mountain Academy’s selection trials despite his low cultivation, and they tried to assess or recruit him. Gong Yuan protected him from their approaches, while Lin Gang decided to have Tian Gang challenge him at the tournament.

• Academies ranked Fang Qianyuan among the top competitors after learning he had won Cang Mountain Academy’s trials at Human Rank, Fourth Transformation.
• Disciples from Anyang Academy approached Fang Qianyuan to discuss cultivation and opponents, but Gong Yuan arrived and drove them away.
• Gong Yuan explained that rival academies were trying to investigate Fang Qianyuan and recruit him, and Fang promised to remain with Cang Mountain Academy.
• Gong Yuan urged Fang Qianyuan to stay inside and prepare for the tournament, while other academies’ disciples gave up trying to approach him directly.
• Lin Gang assessed Fang Qianyuan’s low cultivation as his main weakness and ordered Tian Gang to face him and teach him a lesson.

Fang Qianyuan learned the Sect Grand Tournament format and prepared to compete in the Universe Division, where other institutes planned to suppress him. The group selection rounds began, and he was announced as the first competitor, facing Su Hai of the Pingchuan Training Institute.

• Ning Yuerong told Fang Qianyuan that Cang Mountain Academy had drawn the Universe Division and explained his group assignment and the tournament format.
• Ning Yuerong warned Fang Qianyuan that successful newcomers might be matched against eight powerful seeds, but Fang Qianyuan saw this as a chance to prove himself and reach the quarterfinals.
• Fang Qianyuan and the Cang Mountain Academy delegation went to the southern competition grounds, verified their identities, and waited for the tournament to begin.
• The organizers announced the first matchup: Fang Qianyuan of the Cang Mountain Academy would face Su Hai of the Pingchuan Training Institute.

Fang Qianyuan faced Su Hai of the Pingchuan Training Institute in his first tournament match and overwhelmed the higher-cultivated opponent. He won decisively and left the dueling platform victorious.

• Fang Qianyuan took the first match after Gong Yuan and the Cang Mountain Academy disciples encouraged him.
• Fang Qianyuan used Shadow Step to attack Su Hai, who retreated and unleashed the Thunder Drum Lion’s Lion’s Roar Technique.
• Fang Qianyuan quickly recovered from the sonic attack and struck Su Hai with his Wolf Claw, drawing blood.
• Fang Qianyuan used repeated Shadow Steps to wound Su Hai while remaining uninjured himself.
• Fang Qianyuan kicked Su Hai off the platform and won the match.

Fang Qianyuan celebrated his victory while the Wudong Training Institute devised a plan to counter him in a later match. Luo Hong then defeated Ma Yao by using regenerating fishman warriors and a protective water bubble, leaving Ye Tianming and Fang Qianyuan to study his methods.

• Gong Yuan praised Fang Qianyuan for anticipating the Lion's Roar Technique and winning his opening match.
• A Wudong Training Institute elder and a disciple with the Nether-Seeing Spirit Eye planned to prepare Pu Shifan with spirit essence-draining insects, defenses, illusions, and trapping methods to counter Fang Qianyuan.
• Gong Yuan told Ye Tianming and Fang Qianyuan to observe Luo Hong's match against Ma Yao.
• Luo Hong summoned five fishman warriors while Ma Yao used her wolf spirit to evade their attacks and charge at him.
• Luo Hong's protective water bubble blocked Ma Yao's Claw Strike, and his Water Clone Technique repeatedly restored the fishman warriors after she destroyed them.
• Ma Yao exhausted her spirit essence and conceded to Luo Hong.

Fang Qianyuan watched the tournament while Gong Yuan explained the importance of focusing cultivation and introduced insect-type spirit creatures and water spirit roots. Shi Fengping appeared to defeat Huang Xin with powerful water arts, but a venomous spider bite forced her to concede.

• Gong Yuan advised Fang Qianyuan and Ye Tianming to focus on their strengths, and explained that Ye Tianming's cultivation path had been carefully planned around his Heavenly Wolf bloodline and Moonlight Garment.
• Gong Yuan described the insect-type spirit creatures used by Wudong Training Institute, including scorpion bugs, orthopteran beasts, and Jiaoming.
• Huang Xin used a swarm of Bloodfang Spiders and their web to hem in Shi Fengping, while she attacked the insects with jets of water.
• Shi Fengping unleashed the Great Tide Art and Drowning Art, sweeping away the spiders and trapping Huang Xin inside a sphere of water.
• Shi Fengping's water sphere burst when a venomous spider bit her calf, and she conceded the match.

Fang Qianyuan studied the matches and prepared for his upcoming bouts before Ye Tianming faced Gan Heng. Gan Heng used Spirit Creatures chosen to counter Ye Tianming’s Moonlight Garment and won, leaving the Cang Mountain Academy’s prospects shaken.

• Fang Qianyuan discussed the previous match with Gong Yuan and resolved to defeat his own opponents despite their unusual abilities.
• Ye Tianming was drawn against Gan Heng, the Wudong Training Institute’s top-ranked competitor, and accepted the challenge.
• Fang Qianyuan urged Ye Tianming to use his Moonlight Garment, but Gan Heng revealed that he knew about it and summoned the Yin Devourer.
• Gong Yuan explained that the Yin Devourer’s yin baleful energy and ability to consume yin energy could weaken the Moonlight Garment.
• Gan Heng used the Yin Devourer to corrode Ye Tianming’s defense, then sent Blood-Drinking Insect attacks through the gaps.
• Ye Tianming weakened and sank to one knee, and the officiating disciple declared Gan Heng the winner.

Ye Tianming and the Cang Mountain Academy’s other disciples suffered several defeats after the Wudong and Red-Scale Training Institutes joined forces. Fang Qianyuan was left to carry the Academy’s hopes, and he took the stage to face Zhong Huan and his Heavenly Venus Clam.

• Ye Tianming lost to Gan Heng after the Wudong Training Institute countered him, while Kong Chongshan and Wu Longjie won their matches, giving the Cang Mountain Academy a first-day record of three wins and one loss.
• Gong Yuan learned that the Wudong Training Institute had allied with the Red-Scale Training Institute and warned that the Academy would have to rely on Fang Qianyuan.
• Ye Tianming lost to Luo Hong after failing to recover, and Kong Chongshan and Wu Longjie also lost to An Yiyang and Shen Yiliang.
• Gong Yuan told Fang Qianyuan that the Academy’s tournament standing now depended on him, and Fang remained calm under the pressure.
• Fang Qianyuan was called to face Zhong Huan, the Xinhai Training Institute’s second-ranked disciple, whose primary spirit creature was the alluring Heavenly Venus Clam.

Zhong Huan used the Heavenly Venus Clam’s enchantment and a Soul Dao illusion against Fang Qianyuan, but Fang overcame his desires without escaping the illusion. A mysterious cloaked figure praised Fang and secretly sent another force toward him, changing the scene before his eyes.

• Zhong Huan summoned the Heavenly Venus Clam and prepared an enchantment before the match began.
• After the gong sounded, Zhong Huan cast Enchanting Maiden Bewitches the Mind, trapping Fang Qianyuan in an alluring illusion.
• Fang Qianyuan recognized his desire, mastered his mind, and smiled calmly within the illusion.
• Gong Yuan realized Fang had transcended the temptation without breaking free of the illusion, while a mysterious cloaked figure praised him.
• The mysterious figure secretly sent a strange force toward the platform, and the scene before Fang Qianyuan changed.

Fang Qianyuan fell deeper into an illusion, but a trace of murderous intent awakened his Heart of the Wild and turned the enchanting immortal maiden into prey. He shattered Zhong Huan’s Heavenly Venus Clam with Raging Wind Chain Slash, while the mysterious man’s role in controlling the illusion remained hidden.

• The mysterious man intensified Fang Qianyuan’s illusion, leaving Gong Yuan, Elder Tiangong, Ye Tianming, and Zhong Huan wondering why he had lost his clarity again.
• Zhong Huan used Illusion Entry Art to slip into the illusion, then discovered that its lifelike power came from someone else.
• The mysterious man controlled Zhong Huan like a puppet and used his Spirit Essence to strengthen the illusion and cast Heavenly Immortal Illusion, Hidden Spirit Kill.
• Fang Qianyuan sensed murderous intent, awakened his Heart of the Wild, and howled, stirring the Wolf Spirits of the gathered disciples and Ye Tianming.
• Fang Qianyuan attacked with Raging Wind Chain Slash, sliced the Heavenly Venus Clam to pieces, and forced Zhong Huan to stagger back coughing blood.

Fang Qianyuan defeated Zhong Huan after his heart of the wild broke through the illusion, drawing the attention of Earth Rank Expert Jiang Yunfeng. After learning that Fang was only sixteen and had joined Cang Mountain Academy less than half a year ago, Jiang Yunfeng realized other experts would compete to recruit him.

• Fang Qianyuan activated his heart of the wild, escaped Zhong Huan's illusion, and won their match.
• The Institute Master explained how Fang's wolf howl awakened his heart of the wild and urged him to master the art.
• Jiang Yunfeng sent Sun Zhuo to investigate Fang Qianyuan after watching the match.
• Sun Zhuo reported Fang's age and academy to Jiang Yunfeng, who predicted there would be a scramble for him.