Chapter Summaries

After Ling Feng defeated Xiao Yan, Grandmaster visited him to discuss how the fight reshaped his theory of Martial Souls and gave him a rare Soul Beast manuscript. Ling Feng discovered Grandmaster’s hidden notes about awakening a Martial Soul’s potential through compatible Soul Bones, leaving him focused on seeking a Titan Giant Ape or Earth-Shaking Divine Ox bone.

• Ling Feng watched Xiao Yan receive emergency treatment while the crowd celebrated his victory, and he exchanged a focused look with Grandmaster.
• Grandmaster told Ling Feng that the academy had expelled Xiao Yan and praised Ling Feng’s strength and combat technique for confirming his theory about absolute Martial Soul attributes.
• Ling Feng suggested that an absolute attribute might become a rule at its limit, shocking Grandmaster and giving his research a new direction.
• Grandmaster gave Ling Feng his manuscript, “Illustrated Guide to Rare Soul Beasts and Analysis of Their Characteristics,” as a resource for choosing future Soul Rings.
• Ling Feng found Grandmaster’s notes proposing that compatible Soul Bones from powerful beasts could trigger a Second Awakening of a Martial Soul’s potential, and he considered targeting a Titan Giant Ape or Earth-Shaking Divine Ox.

Ling Feng sold Thunderhorn Zheng materials in Nuoding City and used a temporary Treasure Appraisal Eye to spot rare Deep Sea Sunken Silver Mother Raw Ore hidden in a pile of black iron. He won the auction for twenty-five Gold Soul Coins and left with the ore, while Manager Qian took an interest in him.

• Ling Feng sold the Thunderhorn Zheng hide, horn, and bones to the owner of Wang's General Store for a hundred Gold Soul Coins after intimidating him with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ling Feng entered the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and received a temporary Treasure Appraisal Eye through a system check-in.
• Ling Feng spotted Deep Sea Sunken Silver Mother Raw Ore among ordinary black iron ore and bid ten Gold Soul Coins to buy the lot.
• A fat merchant tried to raise the price for amusement, but Ling Feng outbid him at twenty-five Gold Soul Coins and won the ore.
• Manager Qian approached Ling Feng after the sale, gave him a business card, and resolved to keep an eye on him.
• Ling Feng left the auction house with the ore and considered searching nearby shops for more treasures.

Ling Feng entered Nuoding Academy’s grade tournament and defeated every opponent with a single hammer blow, winning the championship and one hundred Gold Soul Coins. As the work-study students celebrated, Xiao Yan watched from the shadows and vowed to arrange Ling Feng’s death.

• Ling Feng signed up for the academy tournament, where he faced competitors from every grade, including Xiao Chenyu.
• Ling Feng swept through the preliminary rounds and semifinals with single hammer strikes, earning the title “Nuoding One Hammer.”
• Xiao Chenyu reached the final and threw knockout powder at Ling Feng, but Ling Feng was unaffected and struck him down with the face of his hammer.
• Ling Feng won the tournament, received one hundred Gold Soul Coins from the dean, and celebrated with the work-study students.
• Xiao Yan watched Ling Feng from the shadows, vowed that someone would kill him, and slipped away to prepare a counterattack.

After Ling Feng’s victory celebration, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang told him, Tang San, and Xiao Wu that Nuoding Academy had been invited to an advanced academy tournament in Suotuo City. The team would leave in seven days, and Ling Feng welcomed the challenge of facing stronger opponents.

• Dorm Seven’s work-study students celebrated Ling Feng’s victory while Tang San watched and struggled with his sense of inferiority.
• Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang summoned Ling Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu and announced Nuoding Academy’s invitation to the Suotuo tournament.
• Grandmaster named Ling Feng captain and Tang San, Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, Zhang Tiedan, and Li Qingsong as team members, with departure set for seven days later.
• Grandmaster warned them that their opponents could include Soul Grandmasters and Soul Elders from powerful academies.
• Ling Feng left unfazed by the warning and looked forward to testing his Clear Sky Hammer against stronger opponents.
• Back in Dorm Seven, Ling Feng examined his Deep Sea Sunken Silver Mother ore and vowed to make a bigger stir in Suotuo.

Ling Feng and the reserve team left Nuoding City for Suotuo City under Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang’s guidance. Before departing, Ling Feng checked in at the academy gates, strengthened and stabilized his Soul Power, and vowed to transform Nuoding City when he returned.

• Wang Sheng and the other reserve team members gathered at the academy gates while Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang checked their supplies and waited for Ling Feng.
• Ling Feng arrived and checked in at Nuoding Academy’s gates, refining his Soul Power and reaching the peak of level 15.
• Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang put Ling Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu in the first carriage and assigned the remaining students to the carriage behind them.
• The convoy left Nuoding City and headed southeast toward Suotuo City as Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang reminded Ling Feng to stay calm and observe the local powers.
• As Nuoding City faded from view, Ling Feng vowed to return and make the city a whole new world, leaving the carriage silent.

Ling Feng and the Nuoding Academy team arrived in Suotuo City, where he signed in to the new map and gained level 16 Soul Power and the passive skill Might. After an arrogant youth threatened Xiao Wu, Ling Feng used the skill to cow him; Grandmaster later revealed their first tournament opponent was a strong seeded team from Silves City.

• Grandmaster led the team into Suotuo City, and Ling Feng's first sign-in there raised his Soul Power to level 16 and activated Might.
• Grandmaster settled the students at an inn and went to report to the tournament committee while Ling Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu explored the city.
• Ling Feng spotted the Soto Great Soul Arena as a possible sign-in location, then used Might to stop an arrogant youth from grabbing Xiao Wu.
• Grandmaster returned and told the team their first opponent was the Silves Academy Second Team, whose level 22 captain had an Iron Armored Rhinoceros Martial Soul.
• Ling Feng accepted the matchup calmly and planned to test his new skill at the tournament the next day.

Ling Feng and the Nuoding Academy group set out for Suotuo City, where he clashed with Lan Feng, a Soul Grandmaster from a branch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. At a relay station, Grandmaster warned that Silves Academy was also headed to the city and might target them at the tournament.

• Ling Feng checked in at Nuoding Academy's gates and gained a stabilization boost to his Soul Power as the group began its journey.
• At Clear Wind Town, Ling Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu encountered Lan Feng, who insulted them and challenged Ling Feng.
• Ling Feng defeated Lan Feng with a single punch without using his Martial Soul, then returned to the carriage with Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• At Sunset Relay Station, Ling Feng checked in and gained improved night vision.
• Grandmaster told Ling Feng that Silves Academy was heading toward Suotuo City and seemed to have targeted their group.

Ling Feng defeated Lan Feng’s six companions and forced Lan Feng to yield after the group ambushed the convoy in Black Wind Gorge. A Silves Academy teacher witnessed Ling Feng reveal the Clear Sky Hammer and vowed to kill him, while Grandmaster feared the weapon’s appearance would bring trouble.

• Grandmaster warned the convoy to stay close as they entered Black Wind Gorge, where Lan Feng and six Soul Masters blocked the road and demanded Ling Feng kneel and Xiao Wu be handed over.
• When Lan Feng ordered the group to attack, Ling Feng stepped in front of Grandmaster and revealed the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ling Feng defeated all six attackers in three breaths, then shattered Lan Feng’s Soul Skill and forced him to yield.
• Ling Feng rejoined the convoy, and Tang San recognized that his hammer technique involved more than raw strength.
• A Silves Academy teacher watched from a cliff, recognized the Clear Sky Hammer, and decided Ling Feng could not be allowed to live.
• Grandmaster worried that Ling Feng’s public display of the Clear Sky Hammer would stir up trouble as the convoy continued toward Suotuo City.

After Ling Feng killed the Silves Academy team in Black Wind Gorge, Chen Lie confronted the convoy and attacked him, but Grandmaster stopped the blow by revealing a Spirit Hall Honorary Elder Token. Chen Lie’s attack vanished, leaving him staring at Grandmaster in fear.

• Grandmaster warned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would not let Ling Feng’s actions go unanswered, while Tang San worried about the consequences.
• Chen Lie blocked the convoy and demanded that Ling Feng sever one of his arms and return with him to answer for injuring Lan Feng.
• Chen Lie released his Soul Elder pressure, pushed Grandmaster back, and attacked Ling Feng with his third Soul Skill, Gale Thunder Claw.
• Ling Feng prepared to withstand Chen Lie’s attack as Tang San and Xiao Wu tried to help him.
• Grandmaster stepped in and raised a Spirit Hall Honorary Elder Token, causing Chen Lie’s attack and Martial Soul phantom to disappear.

Grandmaster used a Spirit Hall Honorary Elder Token to make Chen Lie retreat, leaving Tang San and Xiao Wu shaken by the revelation. The group reached a waystation near Suotuo City, where Ling Feng encountered Dai Mubai.

• Grandmaster revealed his Spirit Hall Honorary Elder Token, and Chen Lie knelt, apologized, and fled after being ordered to leave.
• Tang San questioned Grandmaster about the token, but Grandmaster said it was not yet time to explain and promised he would never harm them.
• The convoy stopped at a busy waystation outside Suotuo City, where Lan Feng recognized Ling Feng and warned his companions not to provoke him.
• Ling Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu browsed the stalls, and Xiao Wu bought a grilled Soul Beast meat sausage and glowing stones.
• Dai Mubai arrived with a group of youths, noticed Ling Feng, and exchanged a scrutinizing gaze with him.

Ling Feng and the Nuoding Academy party arrived in Suotuo City to register for the Soul Master Tournament, where Ling Feng gained power and attracted attention from Zhu Zhuqing. The chapter left Young Master Yu enraged and ordering his followers to investigate Ling Feng.

• Ling Feng checked in at Suotuo City’s gates, advanced to Soul Power Level 16, and unlocked the passive skill Might.
• Grandmaster led the party through the city toward the tournament headquarters, where a golden carriage bearing the Imperial Fighting emblem sped past them.
• At the headquarters, black-clad youths mocked the Nuoding Academy group, and their leader, Young Master Yu, leered at Xiao Wu while Ling Feng ignored them and checked in for improved attributes and spiritual perception.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered the registration hall and paused to scrutinize Ling Feng, sensing a powerful pressure from him before continuing into the VIP passage.
• Young Master Yu grew jealous after seeing Zhu Zhuqing look at Ling Feng and ordered his companions to investigate the boy.

Nuoding Academy arrived at the luxurious Rose Hotel, where a dispute over its last available suite brought them into conflict with Dai Mubai. Dai Mubai challenged Ling Feng, whose concealed presence had already made the Evil-Eyed White Tiger wary.

• Wang Sheng and the others were astonished by the Rose Hotel’s luxury, while Ling Feng checked in at the lobby and gained enhanced combat intuition and slight perception interference.
• Grandmaster learned that only the expensive Heart of the Rose suite remained, and Xiao Wu objected when the receptionist treated them with contempt.
• Dai Mubai arrived and claimed the suite, prompting Xiao Wu and Tang San to challenge his entitlement.
• Dai Mubai noticed Ling Feng watching from the back of the group and sensed something threatening in his concealed presence.
• Dai Mubai released a wave of Soul Power pressure toward the group and invited Ling Feng to join him for a warm-up.

Dai Mubai attacked Ling Feng with Soul Power pressure, but Ling Feng effortlessly dispelled it and said Tang San and Xiao Wu were enough to face him. After Tang San and Xiao Wu fought Dai Mubai, Ling Feng stopped the clash with an overwhelming presence and left with his companions, while Dai Mubai challenged him to meet in the arena.

• Dai Mubai's Soul Power pressure overwhelmed the Nuoding Academy group, but Ling Feng casually stopped and dissipated it without revealing any Soul Power.
• Ling Feng told Dai Mubai that Tang San and Xiao Wu were enough to deal with him, prompting them to confront Dai Mubai.
• Tang San fired Sleeve Arrows as Xiao Wu attacked Dai Mubai, but Dai Mubai used the White Tiger Protection Barrier to defend himself and counterattacked.
• Xiao Wu evaded Dai Mubai's tiger claw and locked his neck with her Waist Bow while Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to restrain him.
• Ling Feng halted the fight with a domineering presence, then asked Grandmaster for the room key and walked away with Xiao Wu and Tang San.
• Dai Mubai introduced himself and challenged Ling Feng to meet him in the arena.

Ling Feng arrived at the Soto Great Soul Arena and received a basic combat experience inheritance from his check-in system. After registering as the level-16 Power Attack System Battle Soul Master Clear Sky, he headed straight for the fighting area, eager to enter the ring.

• Ling Feng ignored Dai Mubai, took the Heart of the Rose suite key, and led Grandmaster, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and the others to their rooms.
• Tang San reflected on his defeat by Dai Mubai and resolved to grow stronger, while Ling Feng spotted the Soto Great Soul Arena and decided to visit it alone.
• Ling Feng entered the arena and checked in at the main entrance, earning a basic combat experience inheritance that sharpened his fighting instincts.
• Ling Feng registered under the alias Clear Sky as a level-16 Hammer Soul Master for one-on-one Soul Fighting and received an Iron Soul Badge.
• Ling Feng bypassed the stands and walked toward the inner preparation area to enter the ring.

Ling Feng entered the Soto Great Soul Arena as the new Iron Soul Fighter Clear Sky and faced the level 18 Explosive Bear. He killed Explosive Bear with one strike of his Clear Sky Hammer, and the arena’s supervisor ordered stronger opponents to be arranged for him.

• Ling Feng received his Iron Soul Badge and was matched against Explosive Bear for the next bout on Platform Seven.
• Ling Feng watched Explosive Bear maim his previous opponent, then met the boastful fighter in the preparation area.
• Explosive Bear charged Ling Feng with his enhanced body and giant axe as the crowd mocked the newcomer.
• Ling Feng stepped forward and shattered Explosive Bear’s axe with one hammer strike, sending him crashing into the arena barrier.
• The stunned crowd erupted in cheers for Clear Sky, while the dispatcher recorded his first win.
• The supervisor ordered the arena to match Ling Feng against stronger Bronze Soul Fighters and prospective Silver Soul Fighters.

Ling Feng, fighting under the name Clear Sky, defeated ten Iron Soul opponents with a single hammer strike each and earned the title of Hammer King. After receiving a Silver Hammer King Medal, he asked for his next match and learned that his opponent would be the newly promoted Silver Soul Fighter called Undefeated Silver Hammer.

• Ling Feng returned to Soul Fighting Platform Seven and defeated Shadow Blade with one hammer strike, prompting the crowd to call him the Hammer King.
• Ling Feng defeated Iron Wall Stone Pillar and Thorn Vine, then continued winning matches against increasingly formidable opponents with a single strike each.
• Ling Feng faced Rockfall, the Iron Soul Fighter rank's second-ranked competitor, and shattered his stone arm before knocking him unconscious.
• Ling Feng completed a ten-win streak, received a Hammer King Medal, and advanced beyond the Iron Soul Fighter rank.
• Ling Feng asked when he could fight again, and Old Liu revealed that his next opponent was Undefeated Silver Hammer, a newly promoted Silver Soul Fighter.

The Soul Fighting Arena matched rank-sixteen Ling Feng, known as Hammer King, against rank-twenty-nine Undefeated Silver Hammer, a powerful Ancient Mammoth Soul Master. Ling Feng summoned his small black hammer, and Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang and Supervisor Old Liu reacted with shock as they recognized its significance.

• The arena announced that Ling Feng would face the undefeated rank-twenty-nine Silver Soul Fighter, alarming the crowd and Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Grandmaster.
• Undefeated Silver Hammer entered the stage, mocked Ling Feng, and displayed his Ancient Mammoth Martial Soul and defensive Giant Elephant Armor.
• Ling Feng calmly summoned a small, ancient-looking black hammer, prompting the audience to laugh at its appearance.
• Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang recognized details of Ling Feng's hammer and began trembling in disbelief.
• The backstage dispatcher alerted Supervisor Old Liu that Ling Feng's Martial Soul had appeared, and Old Liu reacted with panic and said something huge was about to happen in Suotuo City.

Ling Feng used a black hammer and the Chaotic Cloak technique to defeat the Mammoth Soul Master in the Soto Great Soul Arena, leaving the spectators in awe. An old man in VIP Box One recognized the technique and concluded that Ling Feng was Tang... Haotian.

• The Mammoth Soul Master attacked Ling Feng, but Ling Feng blocked his punches with a black hammer without moving from his spot.
• The Mammoth Soul Master used his second Soul Skill, Heavy Pressure Trample, and Ling Feng began striking the same point on his armor with the hammer.
• Ling Feng landed the eighty-first strike of Chaotic Cloak, shattered the Mammoth Soul Master's armor, and sent him crashing into the arena barrier.
• The crowd erupted in celebration as Ling Feng walked toward the contestants' passage, while Grandmaster recognized the Chaotic Cloak technique and Supervisor Old Liu panicked.
• An old man in VIP Box One recognized Ling Feng's hammer technique as Chaotic Cloak Stacking Hammers and identified him as Tang... Haotian.

Ling Feng’s one-hammer victory as Clear Sky sent the Soto Great Soul Arena into a frenzy and drew the attention of powerful factions and enemies. In the competitors’ passage, Dai Mubai challenged him to meet again in the finals, as a wider storm began to gather around his identity.

• Ling Feng defeated his rank-twenty-nine opponent with one hammer strike, prompting Old Liu to classify information about Clear Sky as top secret.
• An elderly man in VIP box one recognized Ling Feng’s technique as the Clear Sky Sect’s direct-line Chaotic Cloak and ordered the Earth Net to investigate him.
• The Spirit Hall Third Branch Hall’s deacon learned of the fight, raged over the damage to the arena’s reputation, and hinted at an old debt with the Clear Sky Sect.
• A young man from the Baru Clan lost fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins betting on the match and threatened to investigate and harm Clear Sky.
• A middle-aged man at a manor thirty li from Suotuo City read a report about Ling Feng and concluded that the wind and rain had begun.
• Dai Mubai confronted Ling Feng in the competitors’ passage and vowed to face him in the finals and tear off his mask; Ling Feng remained calm as Dai Mubai left.

Ling Feng received a Silver Soul Badge and his victory payment without showing interest, then heard Supervisor Liu ask him to join the Hurricane Battle Team for a last-minute seven-person match. Ling Feng’s faintly amused response left it unclear whether he would accept.

• Supervisor Liu brought Ling Feng his Silver Soul Badge and gold-coin victory payment, and Ling Feng set the badge on the pouch without ceremony.
• Supervisor Liu explained that a Hurricane Battle Team member responsible for controlling the field had fallen ill shortly before their match.
• Supervisor Liu said the team and the Soul Fighting Arena wanted Ling Feng to fill the vacant spot and compete in the seven-person battle.
• Ling Feng opened his eyes and responded, “Oh?” with a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth.