Arc 2The Ice and Fire Well

Feng Lingtian cured Dugu Yan’s poison, helped Dugu Bo form a Soul Poison Pill, and refined pills that strengthened Godwind Academy’s fighters. After the group hunted Soul Rings in Sunset Forest and returned to training, Feng Xiaotian organized a roster and prepared the team for Soul Fighting Arena matches.

  • Feng Lingtian refined pills that suppressed Dugu Yan’s poison, then found aromatic silk beauty at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and made pills that neutralized the poison in her Martial Soul origin.
  • Feng Lingtian helped Dugu Bo form a Soul Poison Pill to stop his backlash, gained access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and harvested its immortal herbs.
  • Feng Lingtian refined batches of pills for his teammates and family, rose to rank twenty-seven, and distributed the pills to strengthen the team and break several cultivation bottlenecks.
  • Feng Lingtian, Feng Xiaotian, Bai Yu, and Zhong Yue hunted in Sunset Forest, where Feng Lingtian and Bai Yu gained Soul Rings and Feng Xiaotian reached rank fifty-two after defeating the Rending Wind Wolf King.
  • Feng Lingtian and the others killed three Snake Fang mercenaries while escaping the poisonous miasma, and the lone survivor memorized their appearances and abilities.
  • Feng Lingtian set personalized training plans, and members of the team advanced toward or reached level thirty as Su Mei’er awakened elemental traits in her tails.
  • Feng Xiaotian named the regular lineup and substitutes, then announced coordination practice and Soul Fighting Arena matches to prepare the team for tournament combat.
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Ch. 26The chime of bells

Feng Xiaotian tested the red team against Meng Ran’s second-string team, and Bai Yu used her wind chime to break through their defensive formation. Afterward, Bai Yu and Ye Qingyu recognized how their support styles complemented each other, while Feng Lingtian began preparing medicinal baths for Bai Yu and Su Ran.

  • Feng Xiaotian invited Meng Ran’s second-string team to test the red team and put Bai Yu in the only support slot while Ye Qingyu watched from the sidelines.
  • Bai Yu precisely timed her bell chimes to amplify Feng Xiaotian, Feng Lingtian, and Ji Ning as they attacked Meng Ran’s double defensive line.
  • Bai Yu redirected her chimes to Ji Ning during a defensive transition, helping him breach the line before Feng Xiaotian and Feng Lingtian followed up.
  • Meng Ran recognized that Bai Yu was dismantling his defense, and after the match Ye Qingyu praised her timing and admitted she could not do the same.
  • Bai Yu told Ye Qingyu that her broad zither support and precise bell amplification could form a whole net together, and Ye Qingyu agreed.
  • Feng Lingtian wrote medicinal bath prescriptions for Bai Yu and Su Ran, deciding that Su Ran’s turn to find his own rhythm had come next.

Ch. 27Wind Grain

Feng Xiaotian tested the teams’ endurance and showed how Su Ran’s precise, on-the-spot rations gave the red team an advantage. Afterward, Su Ran struggled to shorten his casting time, while Feng Lingtian recognized the value of the role he played in supporting the team.

  • Feng Xiaotian arranged an endurance match without burst-type Soul Skills, and Su Ran made tailored Soul Power and stamina rations for each fighter during the break.
  • The red team defeated the blue team after Feng Xiaotian had Su Ran give the blue team seventy-percent portions, and Feng Xiaotian instructed Su Ran to practice instant casting.
  • Su Mei'er asked how Su Ran had judged her needs, and Su Ran explained that he had noticed the strain caused by her Wind Lightning Chain before telling her he wanted to help her hold out longer.
  • Su Ran practiced making rations alone after training but could not reduce the casting time below five breaths.
  • Feng Lingtian recalled Su Ran’s precise judgments and his determination to support the fighters, then added Su Ran’s name and a note about his foundation to the medicinal bath list.

Ch. 28Pill recipes

Feng Lingtian saw his teammates’ training improve and decided to use medicinal pills to break through their physical limits. He made Clear Pivot Turbidity-Transforming Pills to approach Dugu Bo through Dugu Yan, then enlisted Feng Qingxuan to arrange a meeting, leaving determined to pursue the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

  • Feng Lingtian noticed the team’s steady progress and realized medicinal baths and meals could not raise their limits.
  • Feng Lingtian identified the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as the source of eight immortal herbs and planned to approach Dugu Bo through Dugu Yan.
  • Feng Lingtian obtained seven ingredients from the academy’s herb storehouse and refined three Clear Pivot Turbidity-Transforming Pills using a leaf of jade phosphorus poison-clearing grass.
  • Feng Lingtian explained his plan to Feng Qingxuan, who agreed to contact Meng Shenji and arrange a meeting if the pills eased Dugu Yan’s suffering.
  • Feng Qingxuan warned Feng Lingtian that Dugu Bo would not be easy to deal with, but Feng Lingtian resolved to pursue the opportunity to obtain the immortal herbs.

Ch. 29Dugu Yan

Feng Lingtian brought Dugu Yan a pill that eased her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, earning her gratitude and bringing him closer to meeting Dugu Bo. He then considered a speculative cultivation method that might eliminate the poison backlash at its source.

  • Feng Qingxuan and Feng Lingtian met Meng Shenji at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and presented the pills Feng Lingtian had refined.
  • Meng Shenji brought them to Dugu Yan, who hesitated to try the medicine because she feared another failed treatment would disappoint her grandfather, Dugu Bo.
  • Feng Lingtian accurately described Dugu Yan's poison flare-up symptoms and explained that he understood the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison.
  • Dugu Yan swallowed a Clear Pivot Turbidity-Transforming Pill, felt the deep chill recede, and thanked Feng Lingtian.
  • Feng Lingtian told Dugu Yan to take three pills seven days apart, and Meng Shenji said he would inform Dugu Bo.
  • Back at Godwind Academy, Feng Lingtian considered forming a Soul Power core to refine away the toxins and decided to meet Dugu Bo first.

Ch. 30Dugu Bo's wavering

Dugu Bo confronted Feng Lingtian over the pills that had temporarily suppressed Dugu Yan’s poison, and Feng Lingtian asked to enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to find a cure. When Dugu Yan’s poison flared up again, Dugu Bo agreed to take Feng Lingtian there, entrusting him with his granddaughter’s hope of being cured.

  • Dugu Bo visited Godwind Academy and confirmed that Feng Lingtian’s three pills had temporarily suppressed Dugu Yan’s poison.
  • Feng Lingtian asked Dugu Bo for access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, explaining that an herb there might cure the poison in Dugu Yan’s martial soul.
  • Dugu Bo left to consider the request and said he would return in three days.
  • Dugu Bo returned early after Dugu Yan’s poison flared up worse than before, and he agreed to take Feng Lingtian to the hidden place to search for the herb.
  • On the journey, Dugu Bo told Feng Lingtian how he had spent twelve years trying to spare Dugu Yan from the pain, and Feng Lingtian vowed to find a cure.

Ch. 31Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well

Feng Lingtian searched the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for a cure for Dugu Yan’s jade phosphorous serpent poison and found aromatic silk beauty. He refined eight pills and gave one to Dugu Bo, warning that Dugu Yan would face a dangerous poison backlash.

  • Dugu Bo led Feng Lingtian through Sunset Forest to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Feng Lingtian searched for an herb to cure Dugu Yan.
  • After Feng Lingtian failed to find the herb in one day, Dugu Bo gave him three more days and threatened to send him away if he failed.
  • On the fourth morning, Feng Lingtian found aromatic silk beauty hidden beneath vines on a rock face and told Dugu Bo it could neutralize the poison in Dugu Yan’s martial soul origin.
  • Feng Lingtian combined aromatic silk beauty with heartbreak grass, aconite, and thunder god vine to refine eight pills.
  • Feng Lingtian gave Dugu Bo a pill and warned that Dugu Yan would suffer a dangerous backlash, while Dugu Bo left with the bottle and asked what would happen if she could not endure it.

Ch. 32Entrusted

After Dugu Yan survived the poison backlash, Feng Lingtian learned that Dugu Bo’s Poison Core was gradually failing to suppress his poison and accepted it to study. The chapter ended with Feng Lingtian investigating where traces of poison disappeared during each cycle, while the Peregrine Falcon watched from the valley entrance.

  • Dugu Bo told Feng Lingtian that Dugu Yan had endured the backlash and felt at ease for the first time in years.
  • Dugu Bo bowed to Feng Lingtian and pledged that his affairs would be Dugu Bo’s affairs.
  • Feng Lingtian explained that Dugu Yan would need long-term medication because her Martial Soul would keep generating poison.
  • Feng Lingtian identified Dugu Bo’s Poison Core as the source suppressing his backlash and warned that poison deposits were accumulating in his meridians.
  • Dugu Bo entrusted his Poison Core to Feng Lingtian so he could study it and seek a way to ease his suffering.
  • Feng Lingtian traced the Poison Core’s cycles and wondered where the missing trace of poison went, as the Peregrine Falcon watched him.

Ch. 33The Poison Cycle

Feng Lingtian discovered that poison left deposits at bends in meridians and explained how Dugu Bo could avoid the buildup by creating a rotating Soul Core. Dugu Bo accepted Feng Lingtian’s rotational compression method and began attempting it.

  • Feng Lingtian built bamboo models of the meridians and found that poison left deposits at each bend after every circuit.
  • Feng Lingtian assembled seven versions of the meridian circuit and showed Dugu Bo that the seven persistent deposit sites matched where Dugu Bo felt pain during attacks.
  • Feng Lingtian demonstrated how rotating Soul Power could keep poison from touching the edges and leaving residue.
  • Feng Lingtian explained that Dugu Bo could compress and rotate Soul Power layer by layer, then merge the Poison Core into the resulting spinning Soul Core.
  • Dugu Bo called Feng Lingtian a madman, then sat cross-legged and began attempting rotational compression.

Ch. 34Soul Poison Pill

Feng Lingtian helped Dugu Bo transform his Poison Core into a Soul Poison Pill, ending the poison backlash and earning Dugu Bo’s loyalty. After Dugu Bo wounded Yue Guan in revenge for killing Dugu Yan’s parents, he returned to guard the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Feng Lingtian, while a Peregrine Falcon carried away what it had witnessed.

  • Feng Lingtian guided Dugu Bo in forming a Soul Poison Pill that contained his poison and stopped its backlash.
  • Dugu Bo gave Feng Lingtian the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and revealed that Yue Guan had killed Dugu Yan’s parents.
  • Feng Lingtian harvested and sealed away the eight immortal-grade herbs while Dugu Bo went to confront Yue Guan.
  • Dugu Bo returned after wounding Yue Guan, whose partner had rescued him, and pledged to follow Feng Lingtian.
  • Dugu Bo agreed to guard the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Feng Lingtian as the Peregrine Falcon flew away after witnessing the events.

Ch. 35Resonance

After Dugu Bo was detoxified, Feng Lingtian invented a Soul Power-linked Resonance Stone that could make its pair flash. Dugu Bo left to see his granddaughter, while Feng Lingtian studied the pill formulas before refining the remaining immortal herbs.

  • Dugu Bo admired his Soul Poison Pill and described how his connection to it felt weaker when it was outside his body.
  • Feng Lingtian devised a way to link two stones by dividing and densely compressing Soul Power from the same source.
  • After several failed attempts, Feng Lingtian made one stone flash faintly when he infused its pair with Soul Power.
  • Dugu Bo was astonished by the Resonance Stone, accepted one from Feng Lingtian, and thanked him before leaving to see his granddaughter.
  • Feng Lingtian reviewed every formula in the True Explanation of the Dao of Alchemy and put off refining the seven remaining immortal herbs until he had prepared thoroughly.

Ch. 36Pill Refining (Part One)

Feng Lingtian began refining the seven immortal herbs and successfully made fire- and ice-attribute Primordial Martial Awakening Pills, though the extreme herbs exhausted him and yielded only fifteen pills. He rested before continuing the remaining batches, while recording his findings and leaving a Soul Core theory marked for verification.

  • Feng Lingtian documented his refining plans for all seven formulas in Lingtian's Notes over two days.
  • Feng Lingtian refined infernal delicate apricot with layered Soul Power control and produced eight Primordial Martial Awakening Pills · Fire.
  • After recovering, Feng Lingtian refined octagonal mysterious ice grass in one sustained effort and produced seven Primordial Martial Awakening Pills · Ice.
  • Feng Lingtian recorded that his simulations were correct but execution was harder, then rested after the two exhausting batches.
  • Feng Lingtian reviewed his unverified Soul Core theories and decided to finish refining the seven kinds of pills before pursuing them further.

Ch. 37Pill refining (part two)

Feng Lingtian refined pills for Shi Yan and the Support System, then successfully tested a medicine box designed to preserve herbs. With three Immortal Herb batches left, he prepared to finish refining and return to the academy.

  • Feng Lingtian studied Lingtian's Notes and chose to refine an Origin-Returning Flaw-Mending Pill for Shi Yan.
  • Feng Lingtian used the split-furnace method to make eleven Origin-Returning Flaw-Mending Pills from nine-grade purple ganoderma.
  • Feng Lingtian refined ten Nurturing Grace and Supporting Splendor Pills for Ye Qingyu, Bai Yu, and Su Ran.
  • Feng Lingtian carved a preservation design into a medicine box and confirmed that it protected a leaf from the box's ice-and-fire counterattack.
  • Feng Lingtian recorded his findings and sensed that his rank-twenty-six cultivation barrier was loosening as he prepared to refine the remaining three batches.

Ch. 38Alchemy's final steps, an unexpected breakthrough

Feng Lingtian finished refining seven kinds of Immortal Herb pills, along with special pills for his parents, and broke through to rank twenty-seven. Dugu Bo arrived, sensed the unusual medicinal fragrance, and took Feng Lingtian away from the valley as unseen eyes watched from the forest.

  • Feng Lingtian refined Vajra Limit-Expansion Pills, Ice Muscle Limit-Expansion Pills, and Mundane-Cleansing Origin-Fortifying Pills from the final three Immortal Herbs.
  • Feng Lingtian made Meridian-Warming Pills for Bai Qingyin and Soul-Fortifying Pills for Feng Qingxuan, then packed all the pills for his teammates and family.
  • After finishing the refining, Feng Lingtian's Soul Power surged from rank twenty-six to rank twenty-seven.
  • Dugu Bo arrived at the valley and sensed the nourishing medicinal fragrance, then asked Feng Lingtian what he had done.
  • Feng Lingtian withheld the truth about the Immortal Herbs and asked Dugu Bo to take him back; the two left the valley as greedy eyes watched from the forest.

Ch. 39Witness

Feng Lingtian returned to Godwind Academy with Dugu Bo and gave his teammates pills that strengthened their Martial Souls and cultivation. Su Mei’er’s fire began evolving toward Ultimate Fire, while Dugu Bo watched the results and eyed the remaining pills.

  • Feng Lingtian asked Dugu Bo to conceal his presence so he could surprise his teammates at the training ground.
  • Feng Xiaotian told Feng Lingtian that he had reached rank fifty but had waited to obtain his fifth Soul Ring.
  • Feng Lingtian gave Shi Yan an Origin-Returning Flaw-Mending Pill, which improved his Bell Martial Soul and raised him to rank twenty-seven.
  • Feng Lingtian gave Ye Qingyu, Bai Yu, and Su Ran pills that improved their Support System cultivation and abilities.
  • Feng Lingtian gave Su Mei’er a Primordial Martial Awakening Pill · Fire, strengthening her fire tail and raising her to rank twenty-eight as crimson-gold patterns appeared in her flames.
  • Dugu Bo recognized the flames as the embryonic form of Ultimate Fire and wondered whether Feng Lingtian’s remaining pills would work.

Ch. 40A Complete Transformation

Feng Xiaotian distributed pills that enhanced the team’s strength and cultivation, and all thirteen teammates absorbed them at the training ground. After seeing their abilities improve, he sent everyone to rest before training resumed the next day.

  • Feng Lingtian explained the effects of the Vajra Limit-Expansion Pills and Mundane-Cleansing Origin-Fortifying Pills, then let Feng Xiaotian distribute them.
  • Feng Xiaotian gave the pills to his teammates, and all nine gathered recipients waited until he was ready before swallowing them together.
  • The pills raised several teammates’ levels and strengthened their Martial Souls, while Feng Xiaotian’s level-fifty bottleneck broke and Feng Lingtian reached level thirty.
  • Su Mei'er, Ye Qingyu, Bai Yu, and Su Ran watched as all thirteen finished taking their pills, and Dugu Bo observed the results in silence.
  • Feng Xiaotian told the team to rest while the pills settled and resume training the next day; Zhong Yue offered to practice Bell Toll Vibration with Shi Yan.

Ch. 41Setting out

Feng Lingtian and Feng Xiaotian visited Bai Qingyin before choosing a Soul Hunting party and setting out for Sunset Forest with Bai Yu and Zhong Yue. After they camped outside the forest, Zhong Yue sensed a huge creature moving in the darkness, and a sickly-sweet scent lingered until dawn.

  • Feng Lingtian and Feng Xiaotian gave Bai Qingyin pills for her and their father, then told her about their time at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
  • Feng Xiaotian chose himself, Feng Lingtian, Bai Yu, and Zhong Yue to go Soul Hunting while Shi Yan stayed at the academy to stabilize his Martial Soul.
  • Dugu Bo recommended Sunset Forest, marked suitable Soul Beast habitats on a map, and said he would remain at the academy to watch the young cultivators.
  • Feng Lingtian, Feng Xiaotian, Bai Yu, and Zhong Yue traveled to Sunset Forest and camped outside it for the night.
  • During Zhong Yue's watch, he heard heavy footsteps in the forest and smelled a sickly-sweet, bloody scent that lasted until dawn.

Ch. 42Soul Hunting (Part One)

Feng Lingtian and Bai Yu obtained their new Soul Rings in the Sunset Forest, and Feng Xiaotian led the group toward the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast he wanted to hunt. Snake Fang's mercenaries found their trail, and the marked beast heard their signal.

  • Feng Xiaotian chose a route around the mysterious shadow and directed the group to find Soul Beasts for Feng Lingtian and Bai Yu before pursuing his own target.
  • Feng Lingtian and the others defeated a 3,200-year-old Iron Feather Falcon, and Feng Lingtian absorbed its Soul Ring, reached rank thirty-three, and gained Wind Plume · Feather Blade.
  • Bai Yu used her wind chime to slow an 850-year-old Gale Falcon, then absorbed its Soul Ring and gained Wind Chime · Gale at rank twenty-one.
  • Feng Xiaotian led the group toward the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast habitat after both companions obtained Soul Rings.
  • Snake Fang's mercenaries signaled that they had found the group's trail, and the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with a tracking collar turned toward the sound.

Ch. 43Soul Hunting (Part Two)

Feng Xiaotian and the others fled a pack of Soul Beasts and a twenty-thousand-year green-eyed beast, reaching the poison miasma for shelter. Inside the mist, Feng Lingtian and Feng Xiaotian sensed that someone else had followed them.

  • Feng Xiaotian detected a bloody scent, and Feng Lingtian realized that more than a dozen Soul Beasts were surrounding the group.
  • Feng Xiaotian led the others toward the poison miasma as Soul Beasts attacked them along the way.
  • The group encountered the Snake Fang Mercenary Corps, and Feng Lingtian's feather blades awakened a twenty-thousand-year green-eyed beast in the canopy.
  • The giant beast and the pursuing Soul Beasts slaughtered the mercenaries while Feng Xiaotian and his companions escaped toward the poison miasma.
  • Feng Lingtian used a Clear Pivot Turbidity-Transforming Pill to protect the group as they entered Dugu Bo's poisonous mist and found temporary shelter.
  • Feng Lingtian and Feng Xiaotian sensed that someone else was following them inside the mist.

Ch. 44Soul Hunting (Part Three)

Feng Xiaotian and his companions hunted a Rending Wind Wolf King in the poisonous miasma, and he absorbed its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring to gain his fifth Soul Skill. As the group prepared to leave, human footsteps approached the miasma.

  • Feng Xiaotian killed an ambushing Mist Lizard after it attacked him inside the poisonous miasma.
  • Feng Xiaotian chose the Rending Wind Wolf King as the target for his fifth Soul Ring and assigned roles to Feng Lingtian, Zhong Yue, and Bai Yu.
  • The group lured the Rending Wind Wolf King into the miasma, where Zhong Yue blocked its pounce and the others helped Feng Xiaotian expose its throat.
  • Feng Xiaotian killed the wolf king with Break the Surface at One Point and absorbed its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, reaching rank fifty-two.
  • Feng Xiaotian gained the fifth Soul Skill Wolf King · Wind-Rending Claw and began planning the group's departure.
  • The four heard human footsteps approaching the poisonous miasma and prepared for whoever was coming.

Ch. 45Eyes in the Shadows

Feng Xiaotian and the others killed three Snake Fang Mercenary Corps survivors inside the poisonous miasma, then escaped Sunset Forest after the Soul Beasts dispersed. The last surviving mercenary watched them leave and memorized their faces and abilities, leaving a threat behind them.

  • Feng Xiaotian led the wounded group toward the poisonous miasma’s exit, where they encountered three injured Snake Fang Mercenary Corps members hiding among the rocks.
  • The mercenaries eyed the four youths greedily, so Feng Lingtian, Zhong Yue, Bai Yu, and Feng Xiaotian struck together and killed all three.
  • Bai Yu, Zhong Yue, Feng Lingtian, and Feng Xiaotian steadied themselves after their first killings and shared water while the Soul Beasts gradually left the miasma’s edge.
  • Feng Xiaotian realized one Snake Fang Mercenary Corps member remained, but led the others out of the poisonous miasma and toward Sunset Forest’s outskirts instead of searching for him.
  • The last surviving mercenary watched the four leave, memorized their appearances and abilities, and silently vowed to remember them.

Ch. 46Absorbing the Medicinal Effects (Part One)

Feng Lingtian assigned training plans that helped the group absorb their medicinal effects and advance, while Su Mei'er reached level thirty and discovered her third tail's water affinity. She took an ice awakening pill to try to evolve that tail before hunting for a Water Wind Fox, and ice spines appeared before she had gained a Soul Ring.

  • Dugu Bo summoned the injured group to the training grounds and gave them topical medicine.
  • Feng Lingtian distributed personalized training plans, and the group followed them for a month as their Soul Power grew and they advanced.
  • Su Mei'er reached level thirty during a spar with Feng Lingtian, and her third tail revealed a water affinity.
  • Feng Lingtian explained that Su Mei'er's tails indicated which elements to seek and suggested hunting a Water Wind Fox in the marshlands south of the Heavenly Wind Mountain Range.
  • Feng Lingtian gave Su Mei'er a Primordial Martial Awakening Pill · Ice, which she swallowed to try to awaken ultimate ice in her third tail.
  • Ice spread across Su Mei'er's tail and formed sharp spines before she had hunted for a Soul Ring.

Ch. 47Absorbing the medicinal effects (Part two)

Jiang Lin, Lu Qing, Ye Qingyu, Lu Hanxiao, and Su Ran broke through to level thirty as the team trained, while Shi Yan remained short of the threshold. Feng Lingtian recognized how Su Ran’s wheat-field Mimicry Environment had amplified the pill’s effects, leaving three names unchecked in his notebook.

  • Jiang Lin broke through, and Feng Xiaotian explained to Cheng Luo that Feng Qingxuan had verified Jiang Lin’s faint Wind Attribute when he entered Godwind Academy.
  • Lu Qing and Ye Qingyu reached level thirty during practice, and Feng Lingtian checked their names in his notebook.
  • Lu Hanxiao surpassed the hundred-repetition limit in Silent Flight and reached level thirty, while Feng Lingtian urged Shi Yan to stop overtraining and steady his breathing.
  • Ji Ning observed Su Ran meditating in the wheat fields and identified the setting as a Mimicry Environment.
  • Su Ran reached level thirty in the wheat fields, and Feng Lingtian credited the environment’s resonance and the Mundane-Cleansing Origin-Fortifying Pill for accelerating his progress.

Ch. 48Absorbing the Medicinal Effects (Part Two)

Ji Ning, Cheng Luo, and Zhong Yue broke through to level thirty, and the team completed their hunts for Third Soul Rings while Bai Yu remained behind at level twenty-four. Feng Xiaotian encouraged Bai Yu not to hold herself back, and her bells rang clearly as she loosened her grip, hinting at something hidden within them.

  • Ji Ning pushed his flash strikes past his limit and broke through to level thirty, followed days later by Cheng Luo and Zhong Yue.
  • Su Mei'er gained a water-and-ice Third Soul Skill, while Jiang Lin's Spirit Eyes awakened and let him see the paths of others' movements.
  • The team completed their Third Soul Ring hunts, while Bai Yu reached only level twenty-four and grew quiet over the gap between herself and the others.
  • Feng Xiaotian sat with Bai Yu and reminded her that Su Ran had continued despite fearing he would hold others back.
  • Bai Yu loosened her grip on her wind chimes, which rang clearly as Feng Xiaotian hinted that she would understand her progress when she broke through.

Ch. 49Setting the Formation

Feng Xiaotian assigned regular and substitute positions for the team and had everyone report their latest soul skills. As training and Soul Fighting Arena matches approached, he kept a secret first formation in mind: swift assault.

  • Feng Xiaotian named Feng Lingtian, Lu Hanxiao, Zhong Yue, Ji Ning, Su Mei'er, and Ye Qingyu as the regular team, with himself as captain, and listed Shi Yan, Cheng Luo, Jiang Lin, Lu Qing, Su Ran, and Bai Yu as substitutes.
  • Jiang Lin accepted being held back as a concealed trump card, while Lu Qing asked to be called when the team used two power attackers.
  • The team members reported their third soul skills, and Bai Yu reported her second soul skill, which increased one teammate's attack speed.
  • Feng Xiaotian announced that the team would begin coordination practice with the regular lineup and then test its formations at the Soul Fighting Arena.
  • Shi Yan asked how long he would remain a substitute, and Feng Xiaotian told him he could keep the position until he no longer wanted it.
  • Feng Lingtian saw Feng Xiaotian's repeatedly revised roster, while Feng Xiaotian kept its final note secret: the Soul Fighting Arena's first formation would be swift assault.

Ch. 50New training

Feng Xiaotian identified that the team's lethal Soul Hunting habits could get them disqualified in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, so he ordered them to train at the Great Soul Arena in Godwind City. As the group prepared to leave, Zhong Yue awkwardly tried to pair with Bai Yu, but she deferred team choices until they saw the arena.

  • Feng Xiaotian explained that the team's instinct to strike to kill was unsuitable for tournament Soul Fighting and announced they would train in individual, duo, and team matches at the Great Soul Arena.
  • Ye Qingyu suggested pairing with Bai Yu for duo matches, but Zhong Yue objected that two Support System Soul Masters would be vulnerable and volunteered to pair with Bai Yu himself.
  • Su Mei'er teased Zhong Yue about wanting Bai Yu as his partner, and he insisted he only wanted to protect her.
  • Bai Yu thanked Zhong Yue but said they should wait to choose pairs until they understood the arena's circumstances.
  • Feng Xiaotian confirmed Feng Lingtian had brought supplementary pills, then led the team away from the training grounds.
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