Recaps

Feng Lingtian returned to Godwind Academy, gave Su Mei'er a ring, and organized the Pill Pavilion's communication network and clan responsibilities. The meeting established how its allied groups would coordinate, train, and gather intelligence while Spirit Hall kept watch.

• Feng Lingtian gave Su Mei'er a ring and told her that he liked her; she accepted it and said it fit well.
• Feng Lingtian told Feng Qingxuan that he had completed the Communication Soul Tool and proposed a meeting to assign responsibilities to the allied groups.
• Feng Lingtian demonstrated the Yu Feng Tokens and set token number ranges for the Pill Pavilion, Godwind Academy core team, Shadow Clan, Speed Clan, Nine Heart Begonia, and Wind Sword Sect.
• Feng Lingtian assigned the Speed Clan to pill refinement and token production, and instructed Dugu Bo to teach the soul core method under strict safeguards.
• Feng Lingtian assigned Nine Heart Begonia to healing and herb cultivation, the Shadow Clan to intelligence gathering, and the Wind Sword Sect to develop independently in the Star Luo Empire.
• After the meeting, Feng Lingtian noticed the light on in Su Mei'er's room but did not knock and went to his quarters.

Feng Lingtian distributed Yu Feng Tokens to the core team and demonstrated how they could communicate across the continent. After the group left, Feng Xiaotian noticed Su Mei'er's matching ring and teased Feng Lingtian about it.

• Feng Lingtian gathered the core team and explained that Yu Feng Tokens could transmit text, voice, and images wherever Blue Silver Grass grew.
• Feng Xiaotian chose token 11, Feng Lingtian took token 12, and the others selected tokens 14 through 23; Su Mei'er received a token that matched her ring.
• Feng Lingtian sent a text to Feng Xiaotian, and Su Ran tested his token by sending Feng Lingtian the words "Testing it."
• Feng Lingtian instructed everyone on using and caring for their tokens, then dismissed the group.
• Feng Xiaotian asked Feng Lingtian if Su Mei'er's ring was a Yu Feng Token, and Feng Lingtian brushed off his teasing.

Oscar returned to Godwind Academy after a year searching the Frozen Forest and showed everyone his Mirror Sausage, which could copy another Soul Master's Martial Soul and Soul Skills using their blood. Inspired by its potential to protect his companions, Feng Lingtian began designing a storage Soul Tool that could preserve it, while others considered leaving the academy to pursue their own plans.

• Ning Fengzhi brought Ning Rongrong and Oscar to Godwind Academy, where Feng Lingtian greeted Oscar on his return.
• Oscar told the gathered students about his year in the Frozen Forest, including the dangers of traveling alone and how he found a Mirror Beast.
• Oscar demonstrated his Mirror Sausage and explained that it could temporarily copy a Soul Master's Martial Soul and Soul Skills, but weakened after a day or two.
• After Su Ran wished the sausage could last longer to protect him and Ye Qingyu, Feng Lingtian decided to make a Soul Tool that could slow its deterioration or stop time.
• Bai Yu, Shi Yan, and Cheng Luo discussed leaving the academy, while Feng Lingtian returned to the Pill Pavilion and wrote down his storage Soul Tool idea.

Feng Lingtian completed the Mustard Seed Storage Soul Tool with Shi Yan’s help and distributed five rings to the teams preparing to travel. The chapter ended with the group facing their imminent departures from the academy.

• Feng Lingtian experimented with ore and spirit spring water, then used a thread of Shi Yan’s silver-gray light to stabilize the storage space and preserve its contents.
• Feng Lingtian tested the Mustard Seed Storage with a hot pastry and confirmed it stayed warm overnight.
• Feng Lingtian gave Oscar a Mustard Seed Storage Ring, and Oscar filled it with Mirror Sausages for Feng Lingtian to store.
• Bai Yu and Shi Yan, Su Ran and Ye Qingyu, Jiang Lin and Bai Lingyu, Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er, and Feng Lingtian prepared to travel as five teams.
• Feng Lingtian handed the traveling teams Mustard Seed Storage Rings stocked with Mirror Sausages, then chose not to write in Lingtian's Notes.

Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er set out together for the Far North to temper themselves, after Feng Xiaotian recalled Feng Lingtian’s advice about overcoming his bottleneck there. As they traveled north, Shui Bing'er revealed that she sensed something waiting for her, and the increasingly cold air seemed to put her at ease.

• Feng Xiaotian waited for Shui Bing'er at Godwind Academy, thinking back to Feng Lingtian’s suggestion that the Far North could help him break through his limits.
• Shui Bing'er arrived, and Feng Xiaotian demonstrated his Mustard Seed Storage ring and stored her pack inside it.
• Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er left for the Far North after she confirmed she had arranged her departure from Skywater Academy and stopped Shui Yue'er from joining them.
• Shui Bing'er told Feng Xiaotian that she felt something was waiting for her in the Far North, and he encouraged her to trust the instinct.
• Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er traveled through the countryside toward colder terrain, where Shui Bing'er’s breathing grew steadier.

Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er traveled deeper into the Far North, where the cold increasingly affected Feng Xiaotian while Shui Bing'er felt at home. After a blizzard revealed Shui Bing'er's instinctive power over the storm, both sensed something calling to them from the glaciers and headed toward it.

• Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er rested in a small town, then continued north as the cold grew stronger.
• Feng Xiaotian found his Soul Power draining quickly in the dense ice elements, while Shui Bing'er felt increasingly comfortable and unaffected.
• Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er sensed their Martial Souls respond to the distant glaciers as they approached the Far North.
• A sudden blizzard battered Feng Xiaotian, but Shui Bing'er's Ultimate Ice formed a halo that diverted the wind and snow and sheltered them both.
• After the storm cleared, Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er sensed something within the glacial mountain range and walked north toward it.

Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er escaped a hundred-thousand-year Frost Dragon by hiding in an ice passage beneath the glacial mountains. Inside, they found warm ancient runes, and a bell-like echo stirred Feng Xiaotian’s Martial Soul as they followed the force drawing him deeper.

• Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er found powerful ice-attribute claw prints and concluded a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast guarded the mountains.
• A Frost Dragon attacked them, freezing Feng Xiaotian’s arm and shattering Shui Bing’er’s ice wall.
• Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er combined wind and ice to obscure the Frost Dragon’s sight, then escaped into a fissure.
• The Frost Dragon searched the fissure before returning to the mountains, while Shui Bing'er used her Ultimate Ice Soul Power to draw the cold from Feng Xiaotian’s arm.
• Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er followed a glimmer into the passage and discovered ancient runes that felt warm to the touch.
• A stone’s echo sounded like an ancient bell, causing Feng Xiaotian’s Martial Soul to howl and driving him toward the end of the passage.

Feng Xiaotian discovered the Wind God’s legacy in an underground ice cavern and accepted a trial to find an heir for the Ice God. The Wind God confirmed Shui Bing'er was suited to inherit the Ice God’s legacy, and Feng Xiaotian followed her toward the place where it lay dormant.

• Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er followed carved markings through the glacier passage and reached an underground cavern.
• Feng Xiaotian touched a glowing ice wall and received the Wind God’s message, learning that the Ice God had fallen there and needed an heir.
• Feng Xiaotian asked whether Shui Bing'er qualified, and the Wind God confirmed her Ultimate Ice and talent made her suitable.
• Feng Xiaotian accepted the Wind God’s legacy and received the First Trial: find the Ice God’s heir and bring them to the place where the Ice God fell.
• Shui Bing'er sensed the Ice God’s call and thanked Feng Xiaotian before leading the way through an eastern fissure toward the legacy.

Shui Bing'er reached an underground frozen lake and began the Ice God Inheritance Trial by absorbing the Heart of the Ice God. She survived a hidden attack and completed the fusion, though she had not yet opened her eyes when the lake fell silent.

• Feng Xiaotian followed Shui Bing'er through a fissure to an underground frozen lake, where she awakened its ancient power.
• The Heart of the Ice God appeared and named Shui Bing'er its fated successor, beginning the first inheritance trial.
• Shui Bing'er began fusing with the Heart of the Ice God, but a dark-purple force attacked her heart.
• Shui Bing'er used her Ultimate Ice to crush and absorb the foreign power while Feng Xiaotian watched without intervening.
• The Heart of the Ice God synchronized with Shui Bing'er's heartbeat, an ice-blue mark appeared on her forehead, and the light faded as she remained seated with her eyes closed.

Shui Bing'er and Feng Xiaotian completed their first divine inheritance trials, then traveled with the Frost Dragon to the Wind God's Second Trial site in the Far North. They entered the storm-shrouded ruin together while the dragon waited outside.

• Shui Bing'er received increased Ice God Affinity, evolved Ultimate Ice, and an increase to her first Soul Ring's age, while Feng Xiaotian completed his first trial and unlocked the second.
• Feng Xiaotian explained that the Wind God had adjusted Shui Bing'er's trials to reward her Soul Rings and help her inherit the Ice God's power sooner.
• Shui Bing'er met the Frost Dragon, named it Little Frost, and learned that it knew the location of the Wind God's Second Trial.
• Little Frost reluctantly let Feng Xiaotian ride with Shui Bing'er and flew them to a storm-covered ruin deep in the Far North.
• Little Frost stayed outside the Wind God's inheritance territory as Shui Bing'er and Feng Xiaotian passed through the entrance.

Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er began their second inheritance trials at separate sites in the Far North, each struggling to master a different challenge. Feng Xiaotian managed three steps inside the storm, while Shui Bing'er formed a perfect ice crystal that lasted five breaths, and both continued practicing.

• Feng Xiaotian entered the storm and learned that his trial required him to move within it for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• After many failed attempts, Feng Xiaotian found that moving with the wind let him keep his footing, but a crosswind threw him down after three steps.
• Shui Bing'er rode Little Frost to the Ice God inheritance site and entered the ice cave for her second trial.
• Shui Bing'er repeatedly tried to form a perfect hexagonal ice crystal, and her third attempt produced one that lasted five breaths before shattering.
• Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er continued training at their separate trial sites, encouraged by their first small successes.

Feng Lingtian arranged for Shui Yue'er to lead a team to Sea God Island while he set out alone for Slaughter City. As the academy’s people departed on their separate missions, he left Godwind Academy without looking back.

• Feng Lingtian gave Shui Yue'er the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and assigned her team to train on Sea God Island, while Su Mei'er stayed behind to prepare for a breakthrough.
• Feng Lingtian told the group he was going alone to Slaughter City, and Su Mei'er asked him to come back alive.
• Feng Lingtian gave Elder Bai He a Yu Feng Token Sub-Token and instructions for the Blue Silver King before Bai He set out with the Speed Clan.
• Su Mei'er told Feng Lingtian she had put Soul Recovery Pills in his Mustard Seed Storage, and he left the academy heading west.
• Shui Yue'er and her team traveled north toward the coast as Bai He entered the Blue Silver Forest with his group.

Bai He and twelve Speed Clan members transported the Blue Silver King from the Blue Silver Forest to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest. The Blue Silver King took root in the valley, while Bai He and his clansmen headed home.

• Bai He met the Blue Silver King in the Blue Silver Forest and confirmed that the Shadow Clan would protect its subjects and seek a guardian for the land.
• The Blue Silver King pulled its roots from the soil and contracted its body so Bai He’s twelve clansmen could secure it to wooden frames.
• Bai He’s party carried the Blue Silver King toward Sunset Forest as Shadow Clan scouts kept their route clear, stopping along the way to let it take root and recover.
• Bai He guided the group through Dugu Bo’s poison formations to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Blue Silver King spread its roots in the valley and began absorbing its nutrients as Bai He led the Speed Clan members home.

Ying Qi and three Shadow Clan members found a Sacred Heavenly Deer, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and asked it to guard Blue Silver Forest. The deer accepted, and the group left to report the agreement to Bai He.

• Ying Ba found traces of a large herbivorous Soul Beast, and Ying Qi led the group to follow them.
• Ying Qi and the others discovered a Sacred Heavenly Deer grazing beside a lake.
• Ying Qi approached the deer alone and offered a Yu Feng Token Sub-Token bearing the Blue Silver King's presence.
• Ying Qi explained Blue Silver Forest's need for a guardian and promised the Pill Pavilion's support and resources.
• The Sacred Heavenly Deer nodded in agreement, and Ying Qi arranged to meet it in Blue Silver Forest in three days.
• Ying Qi returned to the ridge and led Ying Ba, Ying Jiu, and Ying Shi back to tell Bai He the agreement was settled.

Shui Yue'er and her companions traveled by boat to Sea God Island after the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud revealed itself to the Sea Soul Master Zi Zhenzhu. The group reached the island and headed inland.

• Shui Yue'er arrived at the coast with her companions and found the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud glowing near a large sailing ship.
• Zi Zhenzhu recognized the crystal as the Sea God's token and offered to take the group to Sea God Island.
• Zi Zhenzhu sailed with Shui Yue'er and the others through the night, then stopped half a kilometer from the island because Demon Soul Great White Sharks guarded the waters.
• Shui Yue'er led the group across the final stretch in a small boat, while Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Zhong Yue helped her.
• Shui Yue'er and her ten companions landed on Sea God Island and set off inland.

Feng Lingtian traveled with Bai Yuanqi to the hidden entrance of Slaughter City and entered through a tavern. Bai Yuanqi stayed nearby to deter the King of Slaughter and keep a communication signal ready while Feng Lingtian ventured underground.

• Feng Qingxuan gave Feng Lingtian a map to Slaughter City that Tang Hao had drawn and told him Bai Yuanqi would escort him to the entrance.
• Bai Yuanqi led Feng Lingtian west by a faster route, avoiding settlements and crossing mountains by flying.
• At a remote town, Feng Lingtian disguised himself, opened the tavern's hidden stone entrance, and leaped into Slaughter City without drinking the server's offered liquid.
• Bai Yuanqi remained nearby as the King of Slaughter probed the tavern, then released a trace of his presence to show that Feng Lingtian had a powerful guardian.
• After three days of watching the area and checking the Yu Feng Token Sub-Token, Bai Yuanqi left town, intending to return periodically.

Feng Lingtian entered Slaughter City after defeating the Terror Knight and received identity token 7364. A guide explained the city's rules and led him to the Hell Slaughter Arena, where he entered as a newcomer while hiding how much he already knew.

• Feng Lingtian defeated the Terror Knight by striking the gap between his neck guard and pauldron, earning passage and identity token 7364.
• A black-robed guide led Feng Lingtian into Slaughter City and explained that Yellow Springs Dew served as currency and was required to enter arena matches.
• Feng Lingtian asked the guide to warn the King of Slaughter that someone might tamper with Hell Road, and she agreed to deliver the message.
• The guide explained that ten people entered each Hell Slaughter Arena match and only one survived, and that Feng Lingtian had twenty-four hours of newcomer protection.
• Feng Lingtian concealed that he knew Slaughter City's rules from his past-life memories and stepped into the arena.

Feng Lingtian defeated a group of contestants in the Hell Slaughter Arena and encountered Tang Yin, whom he recognized as Tang San. After testing Tang Yin’s Clear Sky Hammer skills, Feng Lingtian agreed to cooperate with him and stayed to watch his future matches.

• Feng Lingtian took a pouch of Yellow Springs Dew from a man who tried to demand a protection fee, then used a cup to enter the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Feng Lingtian killed all nine of his opponents and noticed a blue-haired man watching from the stands.
• Tang Yin approached Feng Lingtian and proposed that they alternate entering matches so they would not have to fight each other before reaching a hundred victories.
• Feng Lingtian recognized Tang Yin as Tang San and asked to test his strength; they exchanged a brief fight with Tang Yin’s Clear Sky Hammer.
• Feng Lingtian agreed to cooperate with Tang Yin and sat by the stands to observe his fighting style in future matches.

Feng Lingtian adapted Tang Yin’s tactics to conserve stamina and steadily accumulated victories in Slaughter City. After learning that Tang Yin and Hu Liena had passed through Hell Road, he continued fighting and ended the chapter with ninety-eight wins.

• Feng Lingtian studied Tang Yin’s matches and learned when to wait for opponents to weaken and when to break a stalemate.
• Feng Lingtian used both tactics to win matches while conserving stamina and made patience and timely action his guiding rules.
• Tang Yin introduced Feng Lingtian to Hu Liena and invited him to brave Hell Road with them, but Feng Lingtian declined because he was still short of a hundred victories.
• Tang Yin won his hundredth match, and Feng Lingtian later heard that he and Hu Liena had passed through Hell Road after Tang San tried to tamper with it.
• Feng Lingtian resumed fighting and reached ninety-eight victories, leaving only two more wins to go.

Feng Lingtian won his hundredth match in the Slaughter Arena and was offered the title of Slaughter God, but chose to brave Hell Road. After entering the passage, he overcame its initial hazards and continued onward, unaware that one of the dark red creatures was watching him.

• Feng Lingtian killed his first opponent in his final match, then defeated the other eight as they attacked him together, earning his hundredth victory.
• The King of Slaughter offered Feng Lingtian the title of Slaughter God and a guest elder position, but Feng Lingtian asked to brave Hell Road instead.
• The King of Slaughter opened Hell Road, and the spectators' life force flowed into the fissure; Feng Lingtian entered after declining the King's offer of a favor.
• Feng Lingtian took three pills to counter Hell Road's poison and suppression, then crossed a broken bridge above lava.
• Feng Lingtian hid against the wall as a swarm of batlike creatures flew out of a fissure and passed him.
• Feng Lingtian continued down the passage without looking back as a lone creature watched him from behind.

Feng Lingtian fought through a swarm of bats on a broad platform along Hell Road, killing their mothers while enduring the young bats’ attacks. He continued deeper into the passage, unaware that the sea of blood had stirred in response to the mothers’ cries.

• Feng Lingtian spotted five large female bats and their young waiting above the passage, and studied the rock platform for cover and escape routes.
• Feng Lingtian injured the first mother bat with a concealed wind blade, then dodged the others while the young bats swarmed him.
• Feng Lingtian killed three more mothers as they attacked, taking a claw strike to his shoulder and sustaining shallow wounds from the young bats.
• Feng Lingtian killed the last mother bat, causing the young bats to scatter, then waited until the platform was quiet before continuing down the passage.
• The sea of blood beneath Feng Lingtian churned slightly whenever the mother bats cried out, though he did not notice.

Feng Lingtian found the remains of the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and realized its death had stirred creatures in the area. He fought his way past five snakes and continued along Hell Road, uncertain what dangers lay ahead.

• Feng Lingtian found scorch marks and broken scales left behind after Tang San killed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.
• Feng Lingtian heard several creatures following him and stopped at a fork where five snakes emerged from the shadows.
• Feng Lingtian wounded one snake and killed two others while slipping through their coordinated attacks.
• Feng Lingtian waited until the remaining two snakes withdrew, then chose a branch and continued along Hell Road.

Feng Lingtian reached a white space beyond Hell Road and relived the night he was abandoned as an infant. He chose not to alter the past, reunited in memory with the old man who had raised him, and understood that his previous life remained part of him as he prepared to continue onward.

• Feng Lingtian emerged from Hell Road onto a stone platform and was transported into an endless white space.
• A vision showed Feng Lingtian as a newborn abandoned in a cardboard box on a street from his previous life.
• Feng Lingtian returned to his infant body and considered crying to attract someone else, but stayed quiet so the old man could find him.
• The old man picked Feng Lingtian up and carried him away, and Feng Lingtian silently welcomed the chance to meet him again.
• Feng Lingtian returned to the white space and reflected that he carried his previous life with him, then looked ahead, knowing the trial was not over.

Feng Lingtian revisited a difficult period of his university years, when his grandfather’s health was failing and money was scarce. He chose not to use future knowledge to make quick money, instead accepting more part-time work, and returned to the white space expecting another scene.

• Feng Lingtian recognized a rented room from his university years, when he had struggled to support himself while worrying about his grandfather’s worsening health.
• Back in his younger body, Feng Lingtian considered using his future knowledge to make money for his grandfather’s treatment.
• Feng Lingtian rejected the plan because it would trouble his conscience and burden his grandfather with guilt.
• Feng Lingtian added another weekend shift to his work schedule, then returned to studying.
• The scene faded, and Feng Lingtian returned to the white space and waited for what came next.

Feng Lingtian relived his grandfather’s final days and refused to use Soul Power to prolong his life after realizing the temptation might have been planted. The Asura God King declared him worthy of inheriting the divine seat, but Feng Lingtian asked what would happen to Tang San and whether he could help his grandfather before deciding.

• Feng Lingtian entered the memory of his grandfather’s final days in the hospital and sat beside him.
• Feng Lingtian considered transferring Soul Power to his grandfather, but withdrew it after his grandfather asked him not to risk harming himself.
• Feng Lingtian’s grandfather gently held his hand, and the hospital scene froze before Feng Lingtian returned to the white space.
• The Asura God King appeared and said Feng Lingtian had passed all three trials and was worthy of inheriting his mantle.
• Feng Lingtian asked the Asura God King what his inheritance would mean for Tang San and whether he could do anything for his grandfather.