Recaps

Feng Xiaotian awakened the Strongest Simp System, which could supply him with powerful items only for goddesses, and decided to use it to become stronger without seeing himself as a simp. He prepared to leave Godwind Academy for an exchange trip to other element academies, where he planned to pursue goddesses.

• Feng Xiaotian discovered he had transmigrated into the twenty-year-old captain of Godwind Academy, whose Soul Power was level thirty-eight and whose training had focused on developing Gale Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes.
• The Strongest Simp System activated and credited him with one hundred trillion Simp Coins, but warned that exchanged items could only be used by goddesses.
• Feng Xiaotian learned that giving an item to a goddess would earn him one-tenth of its value in usable Simp Coins, and decided to pursue goddesses to gain strength.
• Feng Xiaotian remembered the upcoming academy exchange trip and realized it offered a chance to use the system.
• Feng Xiaotian checked his Soul Tool, including a gift he had prepared for Huo Wu, then opened the door and set off with a fellow student.

Feng Xiaotian traveled with the Godwind Academy team to the Five Elements Academy Exchange Tournament and learned that none of the three female students with them qualified as goddesses under his system. The system detected Shui Bing'er ahead at Skywater Academy’s rest stop, prompting Feng Xiaotian to head there.

• Feng Xiaotian joined Vice Dean Cheng, Teacher Feng He, and the Godwind Academy team as they set off for Blazing Fire Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian used his system to check Feng Yu, Luo Xin, and Qin Lan, but none met the goddess standard.
• Feng Xiaotian examined his system panels and found that his goddess panel was empty and he had no Simp Coins.
• The system detected a goddess 500 meters ahead, and Feng Xiaotian recognized the carriages at the grove as belonging to Skywater Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian told Vice Dean Cheng that Skywater Academy was resting nearby, and the system identified Shui Bing'er as an Ordinary Goddess.

Feng Xiaotian arrived with Godwind Academy at the gathering place and met Skywater Academy’s leaders and Shui Bing’er. As the two teams prepared to compete in the future, Shui Bing’er and Feng Xiaotian introduced themselves.

• Feng Xiaotian’s system identified eleven women at Skywater Academy who met its goddess standard as he approached their camp.
• Shui Bing’er, Xue Wu, and Shui Yue’er recognized Feng Xiaotian, and Xue Wu recounted how he had once pursued a girl from Blazing Fire Academy.
• Shui Mingyu greeted Vice Dean Cheng Cheng and asked why Feng Xiaotian had not entered the previous Advanced Soul Master Tournament; Feng Xiaotian said he had only just turned twenty and planned to compete in the next one.
• Shui Mingyu introduced Shui Bing’er to Feng Xiaotian, and they exchanged their Martial Souls, levels, and Soul Master roles.

Feng Xiaotian gave Shui Bing'er an Ice Soul Jade Crystal Necklace after persuading her to call him Brother Feng. When Shui Bing'er opened the gift, its crystal pendant resonated with her ice-attribute Soul Power.

• Feng Xiaotian revealed his level thirty-eight Soul Power, and Shui Bing'er praised his strength while comparing it with her own level thirty-four.
• Feng Xiaotian asked Shui Bing'er to call him Brother Feng and offered to call her Sister Bing'er.
• Shui Bing'er agreed to call Feng Xiaotian Brother Feng, and he exchanged 50,000 Simp Coins for an Ice Soul Jade Crystal Necklace.
• Shui Yue'er tried to intervene, but Shui Mingyu told Shui Bing'er to accept the gift, and Xue Wu held Shui Yue'er back.
• Shui Bing'er opened the necklace box and felt its crystal pendant resonate with her ice-attribute Soul Power.

Feng Xiaotian persuaded Shui Bing'er to accept an unusual necklace in exchange for Gold Soul Coins, earning a small system commission and one affection point. The academies continued toward Blazing Fire Academy, while Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er discussed the necklace and their tournament plans.

• Shui Bing'er refused Feng Xiaotian's necklace at first, but accepted it after he offered to sell it for the hundred Gold Soul Coins he had paid.
• Shui Bing'er gave Feng Xiaotian about two hundred Gold Soul Coins, and the system credited him with a commission while warning him against selling exchanged items cheaply for profit.
• The system raised Shui Bing'er's affection for Feng Xiaotian by one point, bringing it to zero, and explained its affection thresholds.
• Shui Mingyu took Shui Bing'er back to Skywater Academy's carriage, and the Godwind and Skywater Academy convoys continued toward Blazing Fire Academy.
• Shui Yue'er asked about the necklace, and Shui Bing'er said it might help her cultivation; Shui Yue'er then insisted she wanted to compete in the tournament with her sister.

Shui Bing'er discovered that Feng Xiaotian's Ice Soul Jade Crystal Necklace increased her cultivation speed by twenty percent, while Feng Xiaotian told Cheng Cheng he did not plan to give up on Huo Wu. The chapter ended with Feng Xiaotian learning that Cheng Cheng's long-standing illness had resisted even the Ye Clan's treatment.

• Shui Bing'er opened the box and found that the Ice Soul Jade Crystal Necklace resonated with her ice attribute.
• Shui Bing'er cultivated with the necklace and found that it increased her cultivation speed by about twenty percent.
• Shui Yue'er wondered whether calling Feng Xiaotian big brother might earn her a gift of her own.
• Cheng Cheng asked Feng Xiaotian whether he intended to give up on Huo Wu and pursue Shui Bing'er instead.
• Feng Xiaotian said he would not give up on Huo Wu and promised to focus on raising his Soul Power for the next four years.
• Cheng Cheng coughed up bloody phlegm and told Feng Xiaotian that even the Ye Clan had been unable to cure his old illness.

Feng Xiaotian explored the system’s goddess and exchange functions while traveling with the ill Cheng Cheng. He spent his Simp Coins on an Intermediate Soul Power Pill and broke through to level thirty-nine.

• Cheng Cheng grew tired during the carriage ride and fell asleep, while Feng Xiaotian reflected on his illness and his resolve to change the future.
• Feng Xiaotian discovered that Shui Bing'er had been bound as a goddess and used the viewing function to learn that she was traveling to Blazing Fire Academy wearing the necklace he had exchanged for her.
• The system charged 100 Simp Coins for future goddess views, and Feng Xiaotian reviewed exchange options before realizing he could not afford treatment for Cheng Cheng's injuries.
• Feng Xiaotian exchanged 5,000 Simp Coins for an Intermediate Soul Power Pill and swallowed it while Cheng Cheng slept.
• Feng Xiaotian cultivated until the pill's effect ran out and his Soul Power rose from level thirty-eight to level thirty-nine.

Feng Xiaotian learned that Cheng Cheng’s son Cheng Mo had been killed after a tournament match against Spirit Hall Academy, and that Cheng Cheng had been crippled while seeking revenge. After Feng Xiaotian promised to avenge Cheng Mo, Cheng Cheng knelt and insisted on acknowledging him as his master.

• Feng Xiaotian reached level thirty-nine, and Cheng Cheng praised his progress before recalling his late son, Cheng Mo.
• Cheng Cheng told Feng Xiaotian that Spirit Hall Academy had fatally injured Cheng Mo after he tried to surrender, and that the tournament officials had covered up the wrongdoing.
• Cheng Cheng explained that he later tried to kill the Soul Master responsible, but a Spirit Hall Soul Douluo defeated and crippled him.
• Feng Xiaotian promised to win the tournament for Godwind Academy and kill Cheng Mo’s murderer if he became strong enough.
• Cheng Cheng knelt before Feng Xiaotian and insisted on serving him as his master so he could help him grow stronger and secure revenge.

Feng Xiaotian persuaded Cheng Cheng to rise by promising to help him take revenge on Spirit Hall, then traveled with the academies to Blazing Fire City. At Blazing Fire Academy, he met Huo Wu and learned that her goddess ratings surpassed Shui Bing'er's, while Huo Wu reacted with irritation at seeing him.

• Feng Xiaotian promised Cheng Cheng he would help kill the Spirit Hall enemy who had crippled him, and Cheng Cheng agreed to get up.
• Cheng Cheng recalled his old friendship with Huo Yan and offered to help bring Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu together, but Feng Xiaotian declined.
• Feng Xiaotian continued cultivating during the journey, and the Skywater and Godwind academies reached Blazing Fire City before nightfall.
• The visiting academies arrived at Blazing Fire Academy, where Feng Xiaotian saw Huo Wu and admired her appearance.
• Feng Xiaotian's system rated Huo Wu's overall attributes at 93, one point above Shui Bing'er's score of 92.
• Huo Wu noticed Feng Xiaotian and furrowed her brows in irritation at his arrival.

Feng Xiaotian decided to change how he pursued Huo Wu, planning to defeat her decisively before helping her improve. When he greeted her at Blazing Fire Academy, he did not follow after her as usual, leaving Huo Wu surprised by his behavior.

• Feng Xiaotian reflected on his past mistakes with Huo Wu and decided he would stop holding back against her and use Simp Coins strategically to help her grow.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang welcomed Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy delegation, while Huo Wu ignored Feng Xiaotian's greeting.
• Shui Yue'er criticized Feng Xiaotian for calling Huo Wu his little sister, and Shui Bing'er defended the way he addressed younger people.
• Huo Wu expected Feng Xiaotian to follow her, but he stayed in his carriage, prompting her to glance back for him.
• Huo Wushuang teased Huo Wu for looking for Feng Xiaotian, and she insisted she wanted him to stay away while admitting he seemed different.

Feng Xiaotian gave Shui Yue'er a valuable necklace after she came to ask whether she could buy one like Shui Bing'er's. The system credited him with 190,000 Simp Coins, and he discovered the necklace also held two sealed Soul Skills, including Absolute Defense.

• Feng Xiaotian arrived at Blazing Fire Academy with the two teams and avoided speaking to Huo Wu, making Shui Yue'er question the rumors about his feelings for her.
• That night, Shui Yue'er visited Feng Xiaotian and asked to buy an item like the one he had given Shui Bing'er, offering her savings of 121 Gold Soul Coins.
• Feng Xiaotian gave Shui Yue'er a necklace for free, telling her it had come as a buy-one-get-one-free bonus.
• The system credited Feng Xiaotian with a 190,000-Simp-Coin commission for spending 1.9 million Simp Coins on Shui Yue'er.
• Feng Xiaotian learned that Shui Yue'er's necklace boosted water-attribute cultivation and contained twenty cubic meters of storage space, as well as two sealed Soul Skills, including Absolute Defense.

Feng Xiaotian learned the limits of his daily spending on goddesses and considered how to win their affection without attracting danger. At Blazing Fire Academy, he witnessed Cheng Cheng and the academy’s old man Huo reunite with a taunt.

• Feng Xiaotian saw that spending on Shui Bing'er had raised her affection to 3, while Shui Yue'er was still an unbound ordinary goddess with affection 3.
• Feng Xiaotian learned that ordinary goddesses had a daily spending cap of two million Simp Coins and that winning a goddess over would increase his allowance.
• Feng Xiaotian decided to focus his spending on goddesses whose affection he believed he could earn, rather than those unmoved by gifts.
• A red-haired old man at Blazing Fire Academy greeted Cheng Cheng and remarked that he had arrived without warning.
• Cheng Cheng emerged looking vigorous and told old man Huo that he had come to see whether he had died.

Feng Xiaotian visited Blazing Fire Academy with Cheng Cheng and focused on his newly earned Simp Coins rather than Huo Wu. After he rejected Huo Wu’s claim that he was trying to attract her, Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er arrived to see him, leaving Huo Wu disappointed.

• Feng Xiaotian recalled how Huo Yan had once beaten him for pursuing Huo Wu, but he kept visiting the academy afterward.
• Cheng Cheng invited Feng Xiaotian to stay with Huo Yan, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang while the two old friends went to talk and drink.
• Huo Wu challenged Feng Xiaotian for avoiding her, then accused him of using cheap tricks to attract her attention.
• Feng Xiaotian told Huo Wu that he had no reason to attract her and asked what about her was worth attracting him.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er arrived and asked to come in, and Feng Xiaotian warmly welcomed them as Huo Wu felt disappointed.

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er visited Feng Xiaotian late at night, while Huo Wu grew jealous and challenged his intentions. In Feng Xiaotian's room, Shui Bing'er revealed that the necklaces he had given them possessed ice and water attributes and appeared ready to return them.

• Feng Xiaotian brushed off Huo Wu's request to talk and welcomed Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er into his room instead.
• Huo Wu left angrily with Huo Wushuang, then insisted that she still aimed to win the academy tournament and believed she could defeat Feng Xiaotian.
• Godwind Academy students gossiped and joked about Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er entering Feng Xiaotian's room.
• Shui Bing'er showed Feng Xiaotian her ice-attribute necklace and said Shui Yue'er's necklace had a water attribute.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er took out the necklaces, and Feng Xiaotian realized Shui Bing'er intended to return them.

Feng Xiaotian let Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er keep the necklaces after they explained their cultivation-enhancing powers. After the sisters left, he caught Godwind Academy students gossiping about them and made everyone spar with him ahead of the exchange match.

• Feng Xiaotian pretended not to know the necklaces' abilities as Shui Bing'er explained that they boosted cultivation speed, and Shui Yue'er's also held twenty cubic meters of storage space.
• Feng Xiaotian insisted that Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er keep the necklaces, and the sisters left after promising to help him if he needed them.
• Feng Lingyu and the other Godwind Academy students joked about how quickly Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er had left Feng Xiaotian's room.
• Feng Xiaotian ordered the students to spar with him, using the fights to gain battle experience before the exchange match.
• Shui Bing'er led Skywater Academy in tactical drills while Godwind Academy's sparring sounds carried into their courtyard.

Feng Xiaotian fought all eleven of Godwind Academy’s teammates to adapt to the world’s combat and learn their strengths. Before the exchange tournament, he and Teacher Feng He planned how the team would conceal its Soul Skills from rival academies.

• Feng Xiaotian sparred with each of his eleven teammates for four hours, using Soul Power and Soul Skills while relying on items to keep up his stamina.
• The fights helped Feng Xiaotian adjust to combat in the Douluo World and assess his teammates’ levels and abilities.
• The next morning, Cheng Cheng stayed behind because of his health and sent Teacher Feng He to lead Godwind Academy’s team to the exchange tournament.
• Feng He warned the team to hide their strongest Soul Skills, since the other academies would also keep their trump cards secret.
• Feng Xiaotian assigned each teammate a Soul Skill to conceal, and Feng He approved his plan.

Feng He explained why the academies conserved their Soul Skills as Godwind Academy arrived at Blazing Fire Academy for the exchange tournament. The academy leaders reviewed the rules and prizes, and Huo Lie called the captains forward to draw lots for their opponents.

• Feng He explained that revealing too much strength at the exchange tournament could let rivals prepare counters for later competitions.
• Feng He and Feng Xiaotian led Godwind Academy to the tournament plaza, where they joined the leaders of Blazing Fire Academy, Skywater Academy, and Thunder.
• Huyan Qiang led Elephant Armor Academy into the gathering and complained about the climb, offending the other academies.
• Huo Yan welcomed the leaders, stated the combat rules and prize penalties, then left while worrying about Cheng Cheng's injuries.
• Huo Lie introduced himself and asked each academy's captain to draw lots for opponents.

Feng Xiaotian and the other captains drew lots to determine the exchange tournament matchups, leaving Godwind Academy with a bye. As the teams prepared, Feng Xiaotian spoke warmly with Shui Bing'er, and Huo Wu grew irritated watching them.

• Huo Wushuang, Yu Tianxin, Huyan Li, Shui Bing'er, and Feng Xiaotian stepped forward as their academies' captains.
• Huo Lie organized the drawing of lots, and Huyan Li declined to reach into the box because his hand was too large.
• Feng Xiaotian drew a blank slip, while Huo Lie gave Huyan Li the final slip.
• Huo Lie announced that Blazing Fire Academy would face Skywater Academy, Thunder Academy would face Elephant Armor Academy, and Godwind Academy would receive a bye.
• Feng Xiaotian wished Shui Bing'er luck and discussed the bye with her as they returned to their rest areas.
• Huo Wu heard Blazing Fire Academy students gossip about Feng Xiaotian and felt irritated and as though she had lost to Shui Bing'er.

Blazing Fire Academy faced Skywater Academy in the exchange tournament, where Shui Bing'er’s Ice Seal briefly stopped Huo Wushuang before he broke free with his second Soul Skill. Feng Xiaotian suspected Shui Bing'er was holding back and felt his own desire to fight grow as he watched.

• The five academies gathered around the Soul Fighting platform, and Blazing Fire Academy and Skywater Academy took the stage.
• Three teachers began the match, and both teams released their Martial Souls as Feng Xiaotian watched the Skywater lineup and considered spending his coins on its members.
• Huo Wushuang led Blazing Fire Academy’s advance while Huo Wu directed the team from behind.
• Shui Bing'er used Ice Seal on Huo Wushuang, but he activated his second Soul Skill and shattered the ice before it could hold him.
• Feng Xiaotian suspected Shui Bing'er was hiding her strength and felt his fighting spirit rise as the battle continued.

Blazing Fire Academy defeated Skywater Academy, and Shui Qing treated the injured girls while Feng Xiaotian planned to help them recover after the competition. As Thunder Academy and Elephant Armor Academy prepared to compete, Feng Xiaotian was summoned back because Cheng Cheng was looking for him.

• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu led Blazing Fire Academy to defeat Shui Bing'er and Skywater Academy, who surrendered after a fierce match left the team injured.
• Shui Qing used her healing Soul Skill to restore the girls' external injuries, while Feng Xiaotian checked that the seven competitors qualified as Ordinary Goddesses and planned to help them later.
• Feng He analyzed the match for the Godwind Academy team before returning to his role as referee for Thunder Academy's match against Elephant Armor Academy.
• A Blazing Fire Academy student told Feng Xiaotian that Huo Yan wanted him to return because Cheng Cheng was looking for him.

Feng Xiaotian gave Cheng Cheng a system healing pill that eased his internal injuries and promised to find more so he could recover. Cheng Cheng pledged his life and obedience to Feng Xiaotian, while Feng Xiaotian left to find the Skywater Academy women and offer them medicine.

• Feng Xiaotian returned to Godwind Academy's courtyard and found Cheng Cheng gravely ill and resigned to dying.
• Feng Xiaotian gave Cheng Cheng a healing pill, and Cheng Cheng used his Soul Power to help it repair his injuries.
• Cheng Cheng regained his strength, accepted a second pill for later, and asked Feng Xiaotian to call him Uncle Cheng.
• Cheng Cheng pledged his life to Feng Xiaotian and revealed he had asked Huo Yan to help Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu get together.
• Cheng Cheng went outside and surprised Huo Yan by appearing healthy; Huo Yan angrily threatened to teach him a lesson before the returning team interrupted them.
• Feng He asked after Cheng Cheng and began recounting the exchange matches, while Feng Xiaotian slipped away to find the Skywater Academy women and give them medicine.

Feng Xiaotian visited Skywater Academy and gave the team seven powerful pills to treat injuries from Blazing Fire Academy’s attacks. After Qiu Ruoshui recovered and thanked him, Shui Bing'er agreed that the remaining six team members would take a pill each, earning Feng Xiaotian a large system commission.

• Feng Xiaotian decided he needed ten days of spending two million Simp Coins daily to afford the high-quality immortal-grade medicinal herb he wanted.
• Feng Xiaotian entered Skywater Academy and offered Shui Bing'er and her teammates seven pills for their injuries.
• Qiu Ruoshui swallowed a pill, quickly recovered from her discomfort, and gained six favorability points toward Feng Xiaotian.
• Shui Bing'er agreed that the other six members would each take one of the remaining pills, and Feng Xiaotian anticipated earning another commission.

Feng Xiaotian gave pills to Shui Bing'er and her teammates, earning Simp Coins and improving their favorability toward him. Back at Godwind Academy, he accepted Feng He's challenge to face the next exchange matches with six weaker teammates while hiding two of his Soul Skills.

• Feng Xiaotian considered rare immortal herbs, including the Nine-Star Wind Jade Flower, and planned to claim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for himself.
• Shui Bing'er and the other girls took Feng Xiaotian's pills, prompting system rewards and small increases in their favorability toward him.
• Shui Bing'er thanked Feng Xiaotian, who then left as Shui Mingyu brought the team back to discussing Thunder Academy and Elephant Armor Academy.
• Feng He confronted Feng Xiaotian for missing Godwind Academy's analysis of the rival teams, and Feng Xiaotian dismissed them as nothing to fear.
• Feng He challenged Feng Xiaotian to lead six weaker teammates into the exchange matches without using his third Soul Skill or his special Soul Skill, and Feng Xiaotian agreed.

Feng Xiaotian persuaded Godwind Academy’s team to compete for first place while hiding their strength, promising to cover their fees if they lost. He secured control of the team if they won, then prepared to raise his strength before the next four matches.

• Feng He offered the team ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to divide if they won first place, but warned they would have to pay their own fees if they placed fourth or fifth.
• Feng Xiaotian promised to pay the team’s fees if they lost, and his teammates agreed to take the risk with him.
• Feng Xiaotian asked to become both leader and captain if he won, and claimed he could help at least six teammates become Soul Ancestors before the Advanced Soul Master Tournament.
• Feng He agreed to let Feng Xiaotian lead after the exchange tournament, provided the team first won while hiding its strength.
• Feng Xiaotian laid out tactics for the next match, impressing his teammates with his knowledge of the other academies, then returned to his room to improve his strength.

Feng Xiaotian prepared for Godwind Academy’s first exchange tournament match by raising his Soul Power and choosing new techniques, since he could not use his third Soul Skill or Gale Consecutive Slashes. He reached level forty and narrowed his remaining options to the Gale movement technique and Wolf Fang Fist.

• Feng Xiaotian decided he would need to carry his team through the exchange tournament and used Intermediate Soul Power Pills to improve his strength.
• After taking five pills, Feng Xiaotian broke through from level thirty-nine to level forty.
• Feng Xiaotian reviewed wind-attribute movement techniques and attack skills to strengthen his combat ability for the upcoming matches.
• Feng Xiaotian narrowed his choices to the Gale movement technique and Wolf Fang Fist, which suited his wind attribute and Twin Wolf Possession Soul Skill.