Chapter Summaries

After Xu Tianyuan calmly left the villa district, Nana followed him out of curiosity and found him lost while searching for the cafeteria. When she gave him directions, he invited her to dinner.

• Ma Rulong became suspicious of Xu Tianyuan and went with Mi Jia, Xiao Xiafeng, Chen Fei, Lin Xi, and Wang Shaojie to question Jing Hongchen.
• Nana left the villa district to follow Xu Tianyuan, curious about how calmly he had handled the insults.
• Xu Tianyuan wandered around the academy because students gave him unhelpful directions when he asked for the cafeteria.
• Nana caught up with Xu Tianyuan but struggled to speak until he asked where the cafeteria was.
• Nana pointed out the way, and Xu Tianyuan thanked her and invited her to dinner.

Xu Tianyuan went to the cafeteria with Nana, where his charm earned him two lavish meals and an offer from the cafeteria lady to set him up with her niece. He politely declined, but the niece’s powerful father made him reconsider as he left the conversation undecided.

• Nana agreed to share a table with Xu Tianyuan so she could learn more about him.
• Xu Tianyuan ordered two of the cafeteria’s most expensive set meals and paid with coins from Xiao Hongchen’s storage ring.
• The cafeteria lady loaded Xu Tianyuan’s trays with extra food after he called her “miss,” then berated a student who complained about his portion.
• The cafeteria lady offered to introduce Xu Tianyuan to her eighteen-year-old niece, a talented Soul King whose father was a Level 8 Soul Engineer.
• Xu Tianyuan said he already had a girlfriend and tried to decline, but the niece’s influential father made him consider accepting the offer.

Xu Tianyuan ate with Nana in the cafeteria and was about to confront students gossiping about him when Luan Feng intervened and took him outside. There, she revealed that she had secretly watched him defeat Xiao Hongchen, leaving Xu Tianyuan alarmed that she had seen the entire incident.

• Xu Tianyuan brought Nana a meal and ate rapidly as students gossiped that he never paid at brothels.
• Luan Feng silenced the students and approached Xu Tianyuan, then asked him to come outside with her.
• Xu Tianyuan finished his meal, and Luan Feng dragged him to a secluded grove outside the cafeteria.
• Luan Feng told Xu Tianyuan she had secretly witnessed him crush Xiao Hongchen, and he worried she had seen everything he did during the fight.

Xu Tianyuan learned that Luan Feng had been his late mother’s close friend and had mistaken his carefully performed wastrel act for genuine uselessness. Luan Feng promised to support him from now on, leaving Xu Tianyuan lamenting the protection he could have had all along.

• Luan Feng confronted Xu Tianyuan about his concealed abilities and recognized that his wastrel behavior had been an act to survive Xu Tianran.
• Luan Feng revealed that she had been close friends with Xu Tianyuan’s mother, who died giving birth to him.
• Xu Tianyuan realized that the palace’s claim that his mother died of illness had concealed her death in childbirth.
• Luan Feng explained that Xu Tianyuan’s past misbehavior had convinced her he was too irresponsible to support, then promised to be his staunchest ally.
• Xu Tianyuan regretted spending sixteen years pretending to be useless despite having a Titled Douluo ready to back him.

Luan Feng urged Xu Tianyuan to stop hiding his abilities and warned him to stay safe from Xu Tianran. She gave him two Level 7 Soul Tools for protection, then asked how he had defeated Xiao Hongchen.

• Luan Feng mistook Xu Tianyuan's tears for distress, embraced him, and urged him to pursue Nana and start a family.
• Xu Tianyuan recognized Nana as a Holy Spirit Cult pawn and decided to avoid getting involved with her while focusing on Xu Tianran.
• Luan Feng promised to publicly support Xu Tianyuan and warned him not to leave the academy because Xu Tianran might attack him.
• Luan Feng gave Xu Tianyuan the Thousand-Jin Shield and Swift-Speed Pendant, two Level 7 Soul Tools for defense and speed.
• Luan Feng asked Xu Tianyuan how he had managed to defeat Xiao Hongchen despite his low soul power.

Xu Tianyuan concealed his Pride Sin Template and accepted two Level 7 Soul Tools from Luan Feng, who promised limited protection while urging him to grow strong enough to claim the throne. After Luan Feng left, Xu Tianyuan returned to the cafeteria and found Nana still sitting anxiously without touching her food.

• Xu Tianyuan kept the Pride Sin Template secret and accepted the Thousand-Jin Shield and Swift-Speed Pendant from Luan Feng.
• Luan Feng explained why she could not personally move against Xu Tianran and advised Xu Tianyuan to rely on himself and build support at the academy.
• Xu Tianyuan asked Luan Feng to privately tell Jing Hongchen that he was under her protection rather than publicly taking his side.
• Luan Feng agreed to speak with Jing Hongchen, affectionately urged Xu Tianyuan to marry Nana, and then left for the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps.
• Xu Tianyuan considered how his recording could protect him from trouble over beating Xiao Hongchen, then returned to the cafeteria hungry.
• Xu Tianyuan found Nana sitting stiffly at her original table, where she had not touched any of the soul beast meat.

Xu Tianyuan ate with Nana and denied beating Xiao Hongchen when she questioned him. He left Nana stunned by accusing her of treating him as a suspect after he had treated her as a friend.

• Xu Tianyuan noticed Nana had barely eaten, sat across from her, and urged her not to waste the costly food.
• After finishing another plate of Soul Beast meat, Xu Tianyuan headed back to Villa 007 and noticed Nana following with her leftovers.
• Nana gathered her courage and asked Xu Tianyuan whether he had been pretending to be a wastrel after he beat Xiao Hongchen.
• Xu Tianyuan denied harming Xiao Hongchen and claimed that Xiao had fallen on his own.
• Xu Tianyuan theatrically complained that Nana suspected him despite his spending two hundred Gold Soul Coins to treat her, leaving her speechless.

Xu Tianyuan spent three months sunbathing at Villa 007, rising from level thirty-two to level forty-seven and gaining a powerful fourth Soul Ring. As the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament approached, he remained convinced that his growing strength could let him challenge even a Titled Douluo at high noon.

• Xu Tianyuan guilt-tripped Nana after she questioned his account of Xiao Hongchen, then returned to Villa 007 and went to sleep.
• Xu Tianyuan settled into a routine of sunbathing, eating, and sleeping, ignoring classes and the approaching tournament.
• Ju Zi visited twice: she reported delivering Xu Tianyuan's insults to Xu Tianran, then told him Xu Tianran had sent men to watch for him.
• Ke Ke came looking for Ju Zi, and Xu Tianyuan told her Ju Zi was busy playing games, prompting Ke Ke to run off in alarm.
• Jing Hongchen visited Villa 007 but left without speaking to Xu Tianyuan.
• Xu Tianyuan's soul power rose from level thirty-two to level forty-seven in three months, and he formed a nearly black-purple fourth Soul Ring.

Ma Rulong and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team confronted Xu Tianyuan, blaming him for Xiao Hongchen’s withdrawal from the tournament. Xu Tianyuan warned Ma Rulong to release him, then chose to fight when the group refused to back down.

• Ma Rulong, Meng Hongchen, Mi Jia, Xiao Xiafeng, Chen Fei, and Lin Xi arrived at Xu Tianyuan’s courtyard to accuse him of leaving their team without Xiao Hongchen.
• Ma Rulong said Xiao Hongchen had shut himself away for three months and could no longer compete because Xu Tianyuan had injured him and shaken his confidence.
• Xu Tianyuan argued that Xiao Hongchen’s injuries had healed and told Ma Rulong to address Xiao Hongchen’s state of mind instead of blaming him.
• Ma Rulong grabbed Xu Tianyuan by the collar, and Xu Tianyuan threatened to break his hands unless he let go.
• Ma Rulong dismissed Xu Tianyuan’s warning, and Xu Tianyuan seized his wrists and declared that the group would be unable to enter the tournament after he beat them.

Xu Tianyuan broke both of Ma Rulong’s forearms after Ma ignored his countdown, then revealed a towering, muscular form that made Meng Hongchen and the others wonder if he had twin martial souls. Ma Rulong attacked with his Soul Emperor power and a blood-red saber, but Xu Tianyuan stopped the blade between two fingers.

• Xu Tianyuan snapped both of Ma Rulong’s forearms, forcing him to his knees in pain.
• Xu Tianyuan transformed into a towering, muscular figure, leaving Meng Hongchen, Mi Jia, Xiao Xiafeng, Chen Fei, and Lin Xi wondering if he had twin martial souls.
• Ma Rulong revealed his six soul rings, donned mechanical battle armor, and drew a blood-red saber to attack Xu Tianyuan.
• Xu Tianyuan caught Ma Rulong’s descending saber between two fingers and stopped it inches above his head.

Xu Tianyuan overwhelmed Ma Rulong and frightened the others who had come to recruit him for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. After Meng Hongchen explained why they needed him, Xu Tianyuan showed surprise at the invitation but remained contemptuous of how Ma Rulong had approached him.

• Xu Tianyuan activated Muscle Mode and slapped Ma Rulong through a wall, leaving him badly injured but alive.
• Xu Tianyuan threatened the others with Cruel Sun, and Meng Hongchen pleaded with him not to attack.
• Meng Hongchen explained that Xiao Hongchen had withdrawn from training after Xu Tianyuan defeated him, so the academy wanted Xu Tianyuan to take his place in the tournament.
• Xu Tianyuan was surprised by the invitation and said Ma Rulong's insults and threats had made him angry.