Chapter Summaries

Feng Xiaotian and Feng Lingtian taught the Divine Wind Team how to condense soul cores to strengthen their meridians, and Shi Yan became the first to attempt the dangerous method. As Shi Yan’s Soul Power spun violently in his dantian, a tiny stable point of light began to form at its center.

• Feng Xiaotian explained that the dean’s struggle to absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul ring had revealed the importance of meridian capacity.
• Dugu Bo showed the team his Soul Poison Pill and said condensing poison into a spinning core had greatly improved his control.
• Feng Lingtian explained the soul core method, and Feng Xiaotian warned that failure could damage the dantian and halt cultivation.
• Shi Yan volunteered to attempt the method, swallowed a Yang-Restoring Pill from Feng Lingtian, and began compressing his Soul Power.
• As Shi Yan’s Soul Power collapsed inward and his body jolted, Dugu Bo stopped Feng Lingtian from intervening and saw a stable point of light forming at the core’s center.

Shi Yan and the rest of the team formed Soul Cores, strengthening their martial souls and raising their levels, while Shi Yan’s bell awakened as the Void Resonance Bell. After the team celebrated their breakthroughs, Dugu Bo sensed a powerful presence in the rear mountain and went to investigate as a silver-gray peregrine falcon watched from the night sky.

• Shi Yan formed a Soul Core that repaired his Soul Power flaw, evolved his martial soul into the Void Resonance Bell, and raised his level from thirty-four to thirty-seven.
• Bai Yu, Su Mei'er, Jiang Lin, Lu Hanxiao, Zhong Yue, Lu Qing, Ji Ning, and Cheng Luo formed Soul Cores, improving their abilities and raising their levels.
• Su Ran and Ye Qingyu completed their Soul Core formations, enhancing their support abilities, while Feng Lingtian gained greater precision in controlling flame temperature.
• Feng Xiaotian tallied the twelve teammates’ levels, noted their average was thirty-seven, and said he would wait until after the tournament to form his own Soul Core.
• Shi Yan promised Feng Xiaotian he would make everyone hear the Void Resonance Bell, and the team celebrated their transformation.
• Dugu Bo sensed a powerful Soul Power fluctuation in the rear mountain and silently went to investigate as a silver-gray peregrine falcon watched from above.

The Pill Pavilion opened under Feng Qingxuan’s protection, selling regular pills and auctioning rare limit-expansion pills to a crowd of Soul Masters. After Spirit Hall agents bought samples, Feng Qingxuan and Feng Lingtian discussed how the pills would reveal the limits of Spirit Hall’s refining skills, while an unidentified figure watched the pavilion before vanishing.

• Instructor Meng announced the Pill Pavilion’s sales rules and introduced Feng Qingxuan as its Titled Douluo overseer.
• Customers bought regular pills as a Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master recorded transactions and helped verify quality.
• Bidders bought all six rare pills, including a cloaked burly man who paid one thousand Gold Soul Coins for the final Ice Muscle Limit-Expansion Pill.
• Chen Xin arrived on behalf of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to congratulate the pavilion and met Feng Qingxuan and Feng Lingtian inside.
• Feng Qingxuan and Feng Lingtian identified the buyers of two rare pills as agents from Elephant Armor Academy who were likely acting for Spirit Hall.
• An unidentified figure watched the pavilion from across the street, then disappeared without disturbing the dust on the paving.

Feng Qingxuan attempted to form a Soul Core, with Feng Lingtian and Dugu Bo standing guard. After successfully compressing his Soul Power, he planned to help the academy’s students adapt to the Soul Core System before the Continental Elite Tournament.

• Feng Qingxuan returned from overseeing the Pill Pavilion and decided to form a Soul Core, while Dugu Bo warned him that failure could destroy his dantian.
• Feng Lingtian recited the formation method as Feng Qingxuan began compressing the Soul Power in his dantian.
• Feng Qingxuan endured hours of resistance from his powerful Soul Power, while Dugu Bo remained ready to intervene.
• Feng Qingxuan formed a blue-gold Soul Core, greatly increasing his meridians’ carrying capacity and the speed of his Soul Power circulation without raising his level.
• Feng Qingxuan watched the students training and said it was time for them to experience and adapt to the Soul Core System before the Continental Elite Tournament.

Feng Xiaotian led the Divine Wind Team through a live-combat coordination exercise, with Team A facing his outnumbered Team B. The first round ended in a stalemate, and Feng Xiaotian gave both sides feedback before ordering them to prepare for round two.

• Feng Xiaotian divided the twelve members into two teams and assigned Team A to break through his level-fifty-eight strength while Team B tested coordination at a numerical disadvantage.
• Jiang Lin directed Team A's attack, but Cheng Luo and Shi Yan disrupted Feng Lingtian and Lu Hanxiao's attempted pincer.
• Su Mei'er targeted Team B's rear with Wind Fire Bewildering Array, but Su Ran, Bai Yu, and Shi Yan combined their abilities to withstand it.
• Feng Xiaotian interrupted Su Mei'er's control and helped Lu Qing avoid Zhong Yue's rebound, while Ji Ning's presence kept Team B's rear from advancing freely.
• After half an hour without either side breaking through, Feng Xiaotian stopped the exercise and critiqued both teams' coordination and tactics.
• Feng Xiaotian gave everyone fifteen minutes to rest and adjust before the second round.

Team A and Team B adapted their formations and tactics for a faster second round, which ended without either side breaking through. Feng Xiaotian and Dugu Bo explained that true Soul Core mastery required unbearable pressure, and Feng Qingxuan began a new trial by unleashing his Titled Douluo presence.

• Jiang Lin, Su Mei'er, Ye Qingyu, Zhong Yue, Ji Ning, and the others adjusted their tactics, while Cheng Luo, Lu Qing, and Bai Yu changed their positions or preparations for Team B.
• Feng Qingxuan started the second round, and both teams fought with improved coordination as Jiang Lin called out openings and Su Mei'er alternated between fire and water techniques.
• After half an hour, Feng Xiaotian stopped the match; neither team had broken through, and he praised their improvements before explaining that their Soul Cores had not yet become part of their bodies.
• Dugu Bo recounted how overwhelming pressure had forced his Soul Poison Pill to merge with his meridians, and said that enduring pressure they could not withstand was the path to mastering their Soul Cores.
• Feng Qingxuan released the oppressive presence of a rank ninety-three Titled Douluo, forcing the twelve team members’ Soul Cores to spin as he told them to hold on.

Feng Qingxuan’s pressure pushed the Nameless Squad to their limits, forcing their Soul Cores and abilities to adapt until they became part of their bodies. After two hours, the team’s closed-door training ended, and Feng Xiaotian declared that they were ready to return to the jianghu and test themselves in a real arena.

• Feng Qingxuan’s rank ninety-three pressure enveloped the training ground, driving all twelve team members’ Soul Cores to their limits.
• Shi Yan stopped suppressing the Void Resonance Bell, and it synchronized with his Soul Core, making spatial perception an instinct.
• Su Mei’er used the wind at the center of her Soul Core to balance Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice, aligning all four elements into concentric rings.
• Jiang Lin’s Spirit Eyes broke through their limits, allowing him to project what he saw into his teammates’ perceptions without speaking.
• Cheng Luo, Lu Qing, Bai Yu, Su Ran, Zhong Yue, Lu Hanxiao, Ji Ning, and Ye Qingyu each experienced new adaptations, while Feng Xiaotian endured the pressure and compressed his Soul Power foundation.
• After Feng Qingxuan withdrew his pressure, Dugu Bo praised the team’s transformed Soul Cores, and Feng Xiaotian announced that the Nameless Squad would return to the jianghu.

The Nameless Team challenged the notorious Fierce God Team in a level-forty arena match, despite having no members above level thirty-nine. They broke the opponents’ opening charge and defeated all seven members in less than fifteen minutes.

• Feng Xiaotian entered the Nameless Team in battles across several cities, requiring all twelve members to fight at least two full matches.
• In the third city, Feng Xiaotian accepted Supervisor Liu’s offer to match them against the Fierce God Team.
• The Fierce God Team attacked all at once, but Zhong Yue’s Black Tortoise: Wind Armor stopped Meng Li’s charge and disrupted their formation.
• Jiang Lin revealed openings to his teammates, while Su Mei'er and Ye Qingyu supported the team with control skills and music.
• Ji Ning, Lu Hanxiao, and Feng Lingtian struck exposed opponents as Zhong Yue and Su Mei'er helped bring down Meng Li.
• The Nameless Team defeated all seven members of the Fierce God Team in less than a quarter of an hour.

After the Nameless Team killed all seven members of the Fierce God Team, its members struggled with the aftermath before gradually recovering on the road south. Near Suotuo City, Feng Xiaotian saw a poster for the undefeated Shrek Seven Devils and led the team to meet them.

• The Nameless Team defeated the Fierce God Team, leaving the spectators furious and the victorious fighters quietly shaken.
• Huo Xiao secretly followed the silent team back to the inn, where Shi Yan told Feng Xiaotian that he might be next to fight, and Feng Xiaotian promised to stand beside him.
• Feng Xiaotian arranged no matches for several days as the team traveled, and the members slowly found comfort together around a campfire.
• The team resumed its journey south, and Feng Xiaotian noticed that his teammates' spirits had begun to recover.
• At Suotuo City, Feng Xiaotian saw a poster for the undefeated Shrek Seven Devils and told his teammates to go meet them, while Huo Xiao anticipated a spectacle between Gold and Silver Soul Fighters.

The Nameless Team signed Shrek’s conditions for a challenge, and Feng Xiaotian’s team faced the Shrek Seven Devils in the Soto Great Soul Arena. The Nameless Team gained the upper hand, but Tang San changed tactics, setting up the next phase of the fight.

• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to propose a Soul Power contract limiting both teams to rank forty and banning fourth Soul Skills or higher.
• Feng Lingtian told Feng Xiaotian that Tang San’s unusual Blue Silver Grass techniques might be Self-Created Soul Skills, and Feng Xiaotian agreed to fight after signing the contract.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Feng Xiaotian and Feng Lingtian beneath the Nameless Team’s masks but kept her discovery to herself.
• Dai Mubai charged Feng Xiaotian, who redirected his momentum, while Jiang Lin used Spirit Eyes · Observation to reveal Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass attack paths to the Nameless Team.
• Su Mei’er suppressed Ma Hongjun with her Ultimate Fire, Lu Hanxiao kept Zhu Zhuqing at a disadvantage, and Zhong Yue tied down Dai Mubai.
• Tang San recalled his Blue Silver Grass and gathered Soul Power around himself, prompting Feng Xiaotian to recognize that the showdown’s climax was beginning.

The Nameless Team defeated the Shrek Team after Feng Xiaotian overcame Tang San with a chain of self-created soul skills. The match left Tang San reflecting on a different way to build his techniques, while Feng Xiaotian began considering how to improve his own.

• Tang San withdrew his Blue Silver Grass and used it with Bone-Piercing Nails to restrict Feng Xiaotian, but Feng Xiaotian dodged the attacks with Gale Flash Step and Wind Shadow Chain.
• Feng Xiaotian appeared from a fourth step and struck Tang San's defense with Break the Surface at One Point, numbing his left hand and scattering his Bone-Piercing Nails.
• Yu Xiaogang conceded after the rest of the Shrek Team was overwhelmed, and the Nameless Team won the match.
• Tang San recognized that Feng Xiaotian had made self-created soul skills the core of his tactics, while he had treated them as support for Soul Ring skills.
• Back at the inn, Feng Xiaotian told Feng Lingtian he needed to study Tang San's combination of self-created soul skills and Hidden Weapons.

After the Shrek Seven Devils lost to the Nameless Team, the team members blamed themselves and each other while their unresolved tensions over pills and family ties resurfaced. Ning Rongrong reflected on how the group had changed, while Tang San struggled with the Nameless Team member “Wolf” matching techniques he had brought from the Tang Sect.

• The Shrek Seven Devils returned to the academy in silence after their defeat, and Ma Hongjun complained that the Nameless Team’s fire user had overwhelmed his Evil Fire.
• Dai Mubai snapped at Ma Hongjun, then left after pointing out that he and Tang San had paid for the team’s pills despite the loss.
• Yu Xiaogang implied that Ning Rongrong had failed to secure more high-grade pills, and Ning Rongrong stayed silent as Oscar put away his unused sausages.
• Tang San examined a damaged Bone-Piercing Nail and thought about how “Wolf” had developed skills resembling Tang San’s secret arts without relying on them.
• Zhu Zhuqing walked past Dai Mubai without speaking, and Ning Rongrong remembered when the Shrek Seven Devils had seemed inseparable.

After Huo Xiao urged Feng Xiaotian to seek experience in real combat, Feng Xiaotian led his team to accept a dangerous mountain-bandit bounty. The thirteen members of Nameless entered the mountains prepared for a fight, but had not yet found the bandits.

• Huo Xiao advised Feng Xiaotian that mercenary missions would teach the team to make life-and-death decisions beyond the rules of the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Feng Xiaotian changed the group’s route to visit a town with a Mercenary Guild.
• The old clerk offered Feng Xiaotian a bounty to clear mountain bandits who had raided villages and left a mercenary squad missing.
• After learning the bandits had Soul Masters among them, Feng Xiaotian accepted the mission and registered the team as Nameless with thirteen members.
• Feng Xiaotian led Nameless into the mountains and warned his teammates to prepare for a real fight.

Feng Xiaotian's team followed signs of a hidden operation into the mountains and found that the bandits were guarding a suspected Evil Soul Master stronghold. After hidden sentries discovered them, the team faced an imminent confrontation.

• Ji Ning scouted ahead and led the team to an overturned cart and the bodies of three mercenaries beside a stream.
• Su Ran examined the wounds, while Jiang Lin reconstructed the fight and concluded that a well-trained group had killed the mercenaries head-on.
• Huo Xiao identified contaminated Soul Power on the bodies, and Feng Xiaotian ordered the team to prepare for battle and find who was behind the raids.
• Feng Xiaotian and Jiang Lin spotted unusually coordinated sentry posts around the bandit camp, while Su Mei'er sensed an oppressive presence inside the mountain.
• Feng Lingtian concluded the raids were a smokescreen, and Huo Xiao identified the hidden target as likely an Evil Soul Master stronghold.
• Whistles sounded from the opposite cliff as hidden sentries discovered the thirteen scouts.

Feng Xiaotian's team raided a bandit camp, captured its apparent leader, and forced the bandits to surrender. A gaunt Soul Master escaped through a narrow path into the mountain, revealing the route to their true target.

• Feng Xiaotian split the team into groups that surrounded the camp and eliminated its hidden sentries.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked the tall, thin man on the platform, shattered his poisoned saber, and dislocated his arm.
• Su Mei'er, Jiang Lin, and Zhong Yue suppressed the bandits at the front while the rest of the team closed off their escape routes.
• The tall, thin man swallowed poison and died before Feng Xiaotian could question him, causing the bandits to surrender or flee.
• The gaunt Soul Master slipped through a crack in the rock toward a narrow mountain path, and Huo Xiao confirmed Feng Xiaotian had seen where it led.

Feng Xiaotian and his team entered a hidden passage beneath the mountain and discovered a chamber filled with corpses whose Soul Power had been forcibly drained. A green-lit humanoid figure appeared above them as the team prepared to fight.

• Feng Xiaotian stopped Cheng Luo's Wind-Binding Vine from pursuing the fleeing Soul Master and ordered the group to secure the bandits outside.
• Huo Xiao explored the rock fissure and reported a man-made passage ending at an ajar bronze door.
• Feng Xiaotian selected Feng Lingtian, Su Mei'er, Lu Hanxiao, Jiang Lin, and Ji Ning to enter while Zhong Yue and Shi Yan guarded the entrance.
• Feng Lingtian sent Huo Xiao an update as the team passed through the cold passage and approached the bronze door.
• Feng Xiaotian opened the door, and Jiang Lin determined that the corpses inside had been killed after an outside force extracted their Soul Power.
• Feng Lingtian spotted a green-lit humanoid figure on the upper level, and Feng Xiaotian and the others released their Martial Souls as it moved toward the corridor's edge.

Feng Xiaotian’s team confronted a green-glowing Soul Master who controlled chains with projected Soul Power and threatened Jiang Lin. The Soul Master summoned several corpses as puppets to attack them while he watched from the shadows.

• Feng Xiaotian spread his team out as the green glow moved through the upper corridors, and he realized their enemy was herding them toward the middle.
• The green-glowing Soul Master attacked the team with several chains, while Jiang Lin identified that he controlled them by projecting Soul Power outward.
• The Soul Master revealed his mutated appearance, assessed the six fighters, and threatened to remove Jiang Lin’s eyes.
• Feng Xiaotian told the team to test their enemy, and an iron door burst open to release seven or eight corpse puppets, including the gaunt Soul Master who had fled.
• The green-glowing Soul Master pointed the puppets at Feng Xiaotian, then retreated into the shadows as they lunged at the team.

Feng Xiaotian and the others fought puppets controlled by a green-lit man in the mountain passage. Jiang Lin uncovered the Soul Power threads controlling them, and the team began severing the threads, turning the fight in their favor.

• Feng Xiaotian and his teammates fought the puppets, discovering that fatal wounds and broken joints did not stop them.
• Su Mei'er froze two bandit puppets while Lu Hanxiao slowed three mercenary puppets, giving Ji Ning an opening to strike.
• Jiang Lin used his Spirit Eyes to reveal that the green-lit man on the upper level controlled the puppets with Soul Power threads.
• Lu Hanxiao severed a thread, causing one puppet to collapse, and Feng Lingtian cut another thread after Ji Ning struck a second puppet.
• The green-lit man's control weakened, and the six from Godwind Academy gained the advantage.

Feng Xiaotian and his companions faced the green-glowing man, who revealed his true form and attacked them with a storm of Soul Power tendrils. After Feng Xiaotian protected the group and recognized that the man was copying his wind blades, he sent Feng Lingtian to request support and unleashed his fourth and fifth Soul Rings, leaving the enemy excited for another clash.

• The green-glowing man stopped his six remaining puppets, stepped out of the shadows, and revealed his decayed body before attacking the group with Soul Power tendrils.
• Lu Hanxiao and Su Mei'er defended the group while Ji Ning dodged the tendrils, and Feng Xiaotian ordered everyone to line up behind him.
• Feng Xiaotian blocked the tendrils and a combined strike from above, then realized the man was imitating his wind blades but could not make the tendrils spin.
• Feng Xiaotian asked Feng Lingtian to message Senior Huo Xiao for support and unleashed his fourth and fifth Soul Rings.
• The green-glowing man watched Feng Xiaotian’s power rise and formed an even brighter sphere of Soul Power, demanding another attack.

Feng Xiaotian and his allies battled the green-glowing man in the mountain chamber, wounding him before Huo Xiao arrived and identified him as an Evil Soul Master. The enemy fled deeper into the mountain, and the group regrouped before pursuing him with Jiang Lin tracking his energy.

• Feng Xiaotian charged through the green light blades while Su Mei'er shielded him and Lu Hanxiao and Ji Ning attacked the green-glowing man from the sides.
• Jiang Lin tracked the unstable blades, allowing Feng Xiaotian to reach the enemy and pierce his shield with Break the Surface at One Point before his Wind-Rending Claw wounded him.
• Huo Xiao entered the chamber with his flaming lion and identified the green-glowing man as an Evil Soul Master.
• The green-glowing man ran deeper into the mountain, and Huo Xiao warned Feng Xiaotian not to chase him until the group regrouped.
• Jiang Lin confirmed he could track the enemy's green energy, and after recovering their Soul Power, the group set off after him.