Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng gained Roger’s Observation Haki and used it to locate Ye Lingling, whom Ye Nantian had hidden in a basement in Yuhuo City. He rescued her and discovered Ye Nantian’s unexpectedly cowardly traits.

• Lin Feng learned that Ye Lingling and Ye Nantian might have gone toward Suotuo City, then used his system to replace Red Lotus Sword Intent with Observation Haki.
• Lin Feng chose Observation Haki and received Roger’s ability to hear the voices of all things.
• Lin Feng questioned nearby trees and discovered that Ye Lingling and Ye Nantian were still in Yuhuo City.
• Lin Feng and Dugu Yan entered the courtyard, but found it empty, so Lin Feng broke through the ceiling into the basement where Ye Lingling and Ye Nantian were hiding.
• Ye Lingling hugged Lin Feng, and he examined Ye Nantian’s panel and was surprised by his cowardly trait.

Lin Feng brought Ye Lingling back to the Lin Family and convinced Ye Nantian that she could remain with them, though Ye Nantian chose to leave on his own. After preparing Flame Valley for further scrutiny from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Lin Feng set out again, leaving his destination unclear.

• Lin Feng explained Xiao Yan’s power and his dealings with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, easing Ye Nantian’s fears about Lingling staying with the Lin Family.
• Ye Nantian refused to return with Lin Feng and Ye Lingling, deciding instead to settle near the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Lin Feng returned to Flame Valley with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, where Lin Ye welcomed them and ordered the clan to heighten its vigilance.
• Lin Ye confirmed that Lin Jian had become Xiao Yan’s disciple, and Lin Feng promised Lin Jian he would meet Xiao Yan when the time was right.
• Lin Feng summoned the Soul Spirit into Huo Yi’s dragon corpse at the volcano to guard against Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect spies.
• Lin Ye found Lin Feng at the crater and asked whether he was leaving again; Lin Feng said he had important matters to attend to.

Lin Feng's group traveled to Nuoding City to meet Yu Xiaogang, while Ning Fengzhi dealt with traitors in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Yu Xiaogang went to meet the visitors, unaware of why Lin Feng had come.

• Lin Feng agreed to take Lin Shui on the journey instead of Lin Jian, and his group left Flame Valley by carriage.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the execution of traitors in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and declined to return to his room for a meal.
• After several days, Lin Feng's group arrived in Nuoding City and headed to Nuoding Academy to meet Yu Xiaogang.
• A student interrupted Yu Xiaogang's lesson to tell him visitors were looking for him, and Yu Xiaogang wondered whether another academy wanted to recruit him.
• Dugu Yan asked Lin Feng why he wanted to meet Yu Xiaogang, and Lin Feng said he wanted to see what kind of person called himself the Grandmaster.

Lin Feng confronted Yu Xiaogang over his reputation and weak cultivation, while Liu Erlong revealed their past and stood firmly with Lin Feng. Yu Xiaogang was left watching Liu Erlong leave and called after her to arrange a reunion with Flender.

• Liu Erlong told Lin Feng and the others that Bibi Dong had used her position as Pope to build Yu Xiaogang’s reputation.
• Yu Xiaogang entered, mistook Lin Feng for a member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and learned that Lin Feng was the Young Master of the Heaven Dou City Lin Family.
• Lin Feng scanned Yu Xiaogang’s attributes and challenged his claim that there were no useless martial souls, asking why he had reached only level 29.
• Liu Erlong rebuked Yu Xiaogang for his past behavior toward Bibi Dong and blocked him when he tried to leave.
• Lin Feng dismissed Yu Xiaogang and departed with the others, while Yu Xiaogang called after Liu Erlong to propose a reunion with Flender.

After leaving Nuoding Academy, Lin Feng followed Bibi Dong to the Star Dou Great Forest, where she intended to hunt Xiao Wu before her transformation was complete. Lin Feng discovered Ah Rou at the Lake of Life as Bibi Dong froze Xiao Wu beneath the water, and Da Ming and Er Ming rushed to help too late.

• Liu Erlong dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s insult, while Dugu Yan apologized for her careless remark and later praised Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng sensed Bibi Dong heading toward the Star Dou Great Forest with Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and secretly followed them with his divine soul.
• Lin Feng found Ah Rou beside Xiao Wu’s glowing cocoon at the Lake of Life and discovered that Da Ming and Er Ming were far away fighting Thousand Jun Ant Emperors.
• Sensing danger, Ah Rou threw Xiao Wu’s cocoon into the lake, but Bibi Dong arrived and ordered Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo to freeze the water.
• Da Ming and Er Ming sensed the disturbance and raced toward the lake as Lin Feng feared they would arrive too late to stop Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong tried to seize Xiao Wu and captured Ah Rou, but Lin Feng used black fog to trap her group while Da Ming and Er Ming intervened. Bibi Dong freed Ah Rou to save Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, and Lin Feng returned to the others as Ah Rou looked at him with gratitude.

• Bibi Dong restrained Ah Rou and fled with her as Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo followed.
• Lin Feng used black fog infused with Green Lotus Core Fire to block Bibi Dong's group and erode their Soul Power.
• Da Ming and Er Ming entered the fog, attacked Bibi Dong's group with their fields, and demanded Ah Rou's release.
• Bibi Dong threw Ah Rou to Da Ming and Er Ming, then used Death Poison Mist to escape with the two elders.
• Ah Rou asked Sir Black Fog to stop pursuing them, and Lin Feng appeared in black robes on Er Ming's hand as Ah Rou looked at him gratefully.

Lin Feng, posing as Black Mountain, helped Da Ming and Er Ming rescue Ah Rou, but a contingency planted by Bibi Dong killed her. Xiao Wu transformed into human form, learned of her mother’s death, and decided to enter the human world to become stronger and seek revenge.

• Lin Feng introduced himself to Da Ming and Er Ming as a two-hundred-thousand-year Black Mist Vine Soul Beast named Black Mountain.
• A spider burst from Ah Rou’s abdomen, and Lin Feng said she could not be saved because Bibi Dong had planted a contingency inside her.
• Before dying, Ah Rou asked Lin Feng to become Xiao Wu’s uncle and protect her, and he agreed.
• At the Lake of Life, Xiao Wu’s cocoon opened, and she emerged in human form before grieving over her mother’s body.
• Xiao Wu accepted Lin Feng as her uncle and asked to go to the human world to cultivate and avenge Ah Rou; Er Ming protested that it was too dangerous.

Lin Feng followed Xiao Wu after she left the Star Dou Great Forest and met her on the road with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Liu Erlong. Xiao Wu joined their group and was taken in, while Lin Feng decided to postpone changing his Golden Attribute until he had upgraded.

• Lin Feng gave Xiao Wu a power that could block one fatal attack, and Da Ming and Er Ming escorted her to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Feng pretended to leave the forest but secretly followed Xiao Wu, then stopped his carriage near Linshan City when she appeared on the road.
• Xiao Wu accepted a ride in Lin Feng's carriage and quickly grew close to Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Liu Erlong.
• Xiao Wu said she had run away from her relatives and that her parents had died, then asked to stay with the group.
• Lin Feng agreed to take Xiao Wu in, and that night he decided to keep his current Purple Attributes until he upgraded.

Lin Feng's group stopped at a village near Suotuo City, where Ye Lingling treated Ma Hongjun during an illness caused by his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul. Lin Feng agreed to take Ma Hongjun with them, and the group entered Suotuo City, where Lin Feng wondered whether Flender had opened his curio shop.

• Xiao Wu slept beside Liu Erlong, and Lin Feng's group traveled toward Suotuo City, stopping for the night at Green Grass Inn.
• Ma Hongjun collapsed from an Evil Fire Phoenix episode, and Ye Lingling healed him with her Nine Hearts Sacred Begonia.
• After Ye Lingling warned that Ma Hongjun's illness would return and worsen, Lin Feng agreed to take him along.
• Ma Hongjun said goodbye to his family and villagers the next morning and joined Lin Feng's group on the road.
• Lin Feng's group entered Suotuo City, where Dugu Yan invited Ye Lingling and Lin Feng to browse jewelry shops.

Lin Feng and Liu Erlong visited Flender’s general store, where she reunited with him after many years. Lin Feng discovered Flender’s Destiny’s Aid attribute and considered whether he could recruit him, while Flender worried that Yu Xiaogang had disappeared.

• Lin Feng noticed the Rose Hotel and identified the twin women with the Royal Calamity attribute, then continued shopping for jewelry with the girls.
• Dugu Yan grew jealous when Lin Feng praised Xiao Wu and abruptly left the jewelry shop with Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling.
• Lin Feng led Liu Erlong to Flender’s General Store, where she recognized its owner and happily reunited with Flender.
• Flender welcomed Liu Erlong but offered Lin Feng no seat, and Lin Feng scanned Flender’s attributes, including Destiny’s Aid.
• Flender told Liu Erlong that Yu Xiaogang had vanished without telling him, leaving him worried.

Lin Feng recruited Flender to teach at his new academy, and Flender agreed after Liu Erlong said she had moved on from Xiao Gang. At Shrek Academy, Lin Feng announced its merger into the new school, revealing that Poison Douluo would serve as its headmaster.

• Liu Erlong told Flender she no longer cared where Xiao Gang had gone, and Flender thanked Lin Feng for helping her let go of the past.
• Lin Feng invited Flender to teach at his new academy, and Flender accepted, partly because he trusted Liu Erlong's judgment.
• Flender asked whether Shrek's teachers and students could join the new academy, and Lin Feng said they would first need to be evaluated.
• The group reached Shrek Academy, where Lin Feng noticed that Zhao Wuji and the three students had Purple Attributes and at least Level 7 innate soul power.
• Flender announced that Shrek Academy would merge with another academy and said those who wished to stay could follow him.
• Lin Feng revealed that the new academy would accept geniuses, employ renowned teachers, and have Poison Douluo as its first headmaster, astonishing Zhao Wuji, Flender, and the students.

Lin Feng secured Flender and the other teachers’ agreement to join the academy, then returned to Nuoding City and traveled with his companions to Flame City. There, Second Uncle revealed that the Lin Family had been ennobled as marquises and had expanded the city to establish its future base.

• Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the other teachers agreed to join Lin Feng’s academy, and Lin Feng gave Zhao Wuji the Loyalty attribute.
• Lin Feng returned to Nuoding City with Liu Erlong, then set out with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Xiao Wu to travel back toward the academy.
• After a month on the road, Lin Feng and his companions arrived at Flame City and found it greatly expanded, with Lin Family members and the Defense Clan working there.
• Second Uncle explained that he had expanded Flame City after receiving Lin Feng’s message about building an academy.
• Second Uncle told Lin Feng that the Lin Family had been ennobled as marquises because Lin Ye had become the Empire’s new Grand Marshal.
• Ye Lingling explained noble ranks to Xiao Wu, including that a marquis could possess a city as a fief.

Lin Feng returned to the Lin Family’s new academy, where Dugu Bo agreed to serve as principal and Second Uncle showed the group its facilities. The chapter ended with Ye Lingling eager to cultivate in the flower garden prepared for her, while Liu Erlong asked to train there too.

• Lin Feng introduced Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun to Second Uncle, who said Dugu Bo had agreed to become the academy’s principal.
• Lin Feng and the others toured the lively academy, where Flender watched students spar and admired the Lin Family’s many talents.
• Dugu Bo warmly reunited with Dugu Yan and praised Lin Feng for arranging his new position as principal.
• Second Uncle showed Lin Feng’s group the teaching building, dueling arena, cafeteria, and specialized simulated cultivation grounds.
• Second Uncle explained that the crabapple flowers were prepared for Ye Lingling and that Dugu Bo had arranged a snake den for Dugu Yan.
• Ye Lingling thanked Lin Feng and Second Uncle and chose to cultivate among the flowers, while Liu Erlong asked to cultivate there as well.

Lin Feng toured the Lin Family’s cultivation facilities, learned of Lin Shui’s advanced cultivation notes, and encouraged the young cultivators. Over a meal, he agreed the academy could begin recruiting, but the chapter ended as he prepared to name it.

• Second Uncle showed Lin Feng the academy’s facilities and told him the Defense Clan was considering joining the Lin Family.
• Lin Feng advised accepting the Defense Clan and Breaking Clan, but not the Strength Clan or Speed Clan.
• Lin Feng learned Lin Shui had reached level 59 and read his notes on Soul Power cultivation, urging Second Uncle to nurture him.
• Lin Shui stopped Lin Xue from overexerting herself, and Lin Feng encouraged both of them to keep cultivating and ask the family for support.
• Lin Feng told Second Uncle the academy could begin recruiting, then pondered what to name it.

Lin Feng established Monster Academy as a school for gifted geniuses and arranged for its opening while cultivating. As Monster Academy prepared to recruit students, Lin Feng and six others withdrew from Heaven Dou Academy, and he invited Qin Ming to join them.

• Lin Feng proposed the name Monster Academy and explained that it would accept exceptional geniuses and transfer students, while Second Uncle agreed to organize it.
• Lin Feng went to the Mimicry Cultivation Area to cultivate, and a few days later the Monster Academy sign was raised, drawing curiosity and criticism from other academies.
• Flender assigned the academy’s students to handle the new student assessments, and Lin Long agreed to teach at Monster Academy.
• Lin Feng, Dugu Yan, and six others told Qin Ming they were withdrawing from Heaven Dou Academy to attend Monster Academy, leaving Yu Tianheng as the only member of the Heaven Dou Team.
• Lin Feng invited Qin Ming to join Monster Academy and revealed that Shrek Academy had merged with it, surprising Qin Ming and Dugu Yan.

Lin Feng led his companions from Heaven Dou Academy toward Yuhuo City while the Shi Family Patriarch sought the Lin Family’s protection by pledging to relocate there. Liu Erlong also set out for Yuhuo City with four Blue Tyrant Academy students, leaving Tailong behind.

• Qin Ming declined Lin Feng’s invitation to join Monster Academy, and Lin Feng and his companions completed their withdrawal from Heaven Dou Academy.
• Shi Lei told Lin Feng that the declining Shi Family wanted to move to Yuhuo City and offered half its assets in exchange for the Lin Family’s protection; Lin Feng directed him to speak with Lin Wuming.
• Lin Feng explained the plan to Shi Mo, then led the group toward Yuhuo City as Monster Academy’s enrollment grew.
• Liu Erlong offered five Blue Tyrant Academy students the chance to transfer to Monster Academy, and Jiang Zhu and three others chose to go while Tailong stayed.
• Lin Wuming agreed to protect the Shi Family after Shi Lei confirmed its move to Yuhuo City.

Lin Feng and the others arrived in Yuhuo City to begin Monster Academy’s first enrollment examination, drawing a large crowd and a visit from Prince Xue Xing. The academy sorted applicants into examination lines and began testing, with Lin Feng assigned to judge unusual traits.

• Lin Feng brought the new students to Monster Academy, where Liu Erlong introduced four applicants, including Jiang Zhu.
• Flender reported that preparations were complete, and Dugu Bo announced the start of the academy’s enrollment examination.
• Prince Xue Xing arrived with gifts to congratulate Dugu Bo on becoming academy head.
• Zhao Wuji explained the talent requirements, and Lin Feng described how applicants with unusual traits could qualify.
• Flender, Lin Xue, and the others organized the crowd into lines, and Lin Feng began examining applicants.
• Lin Feng rejected an applicant with Innate Level 6 Soul Power.

Lin Feng discovered Xiao Xuanzi’s unusual appetite and suspected that his Little Pig Martial Soul had mutated, so he accepted him into Monster Academy and renamed him Xuan Zi. The chapter left Xuan Zi’s potential awaiting examination at the academy.

• Lin Feng scanned Xiao Xuanzi and found that his low-tier Little Pig Martial Soul carried the Power of the Gluttonous Beast, which could raise Soul Power through eating.
• Lin Feng had food brought for Xiao Xuanzi, who ate one hundred steamed buns while the crowd watched in amazement.
• Lin Feng accepted Xiao Xuanzi into Monster Academy and told him he would be called Xuan Zi.
• Lin Feng explained that Xuan Zi’s appetite suggested a Mutated Martial Soul that the academy would examine and try to strengthen.
• Dugu Yan explained Mutated Martial Souls to Xiao Wu and said she believed Xuan Zi’s Martial Soul was powerful.

Xuanzi entered Monster Academy after Lin Feng offered to examine his mutated martial soul, and Auro passed the entrance test as a Level 41 Soul Ancestor. Lin Xue also admitted a girl with Innate Level 8 Soul Power, while other applicants failed and rival academies’ spies watched the recruitment.

• Lin Feng warned Xuanzi that the academy might not be able to fix his martial soul, but Xuanzi entered gratefully and Lin Feng planned to replace one of his attributes.
• Dozens of applicants tried the assessment and failed, while Liu Erlong helped manage the crowd.
• Auro revealed he was twenty-three, then passed the test with Innate Level 7 Soul Power and Level 41 Soul Power.
• Spies from Godwind Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, Elephant Armored Academy, Thunder Academy, and Heaven Dou Academy discussed monitoring Monster Academy.
• Lin Feng scanned Auro and found his martial soul was Sausage, then wondered whether he was connected to Oscar.
• Lin Xue accepted a young girl with Innate Level 8 Soul Power.

During Monster Academy’s second recruitment assessment, Lin Feng used Lin Xue’s hypnosis to uncover a Spirit Hall spy among the applicants. Li Yang revealed his mission and the method used to relay intelligence, leaving Lin Feng and the others to consider how to respond without alerting Spirit Hall.

• After recruitment ended, Lin Feng asked Second Uncle to track promising applicants with special constitutions so they could be approached privately.
• Lin Feng and Lin Xue began the second-round assessments, using hypnosis alongside a staged Soul Power test to screen the candidates.
• Zhang Feng was hypnotized and said he sincerely wanted to join Monster Academy, then passed the test.
• Li Yang confessed under hypnosis that Spirit Hall had sent him to infiltrate the academy and report on its students, staff, teaching, and connections.
• Li Yang revealed that two other spies were among the applicants and described how he left messages in a hollow tree near the academy.
• Second Uncle urged caution, and Lin Feng considered whether they should conceal their discovery to avoid alerting Spirit Hall.