Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Xue Yuefeng, reborn as Luo Feng in the world of Coiling Dragon, trained to become a warrior while raising his younger brother, Luo Fu. After defending Luo Fu from Han Mu and joining the town guards’ morning exercises, Luo Feng committed himself to building a strong foundation for his future.

• Xue Yuefeng reflected on his life in the Yulan Continent and recognized it as the world of Coiling Dragon.
• Luo Feng defeated Han Mu after Han Mu insulted and threatened Luo Fu.
• The guards’ captain taught the children the Qi-Gathering Stance and explained how ordinary people could train to become warriors.
• Luo Feng struck a tree to test his strength, then encouraged Luo Fu to keep practicing.
• Luo Feng kept secret that their late father had found a Battle-qi manual, and he planned to strengthen his body before pursuing cultivation.
• After morning training ended, Luo Feng called Luo Fu home.

Luo Feng trained at a waterfall to strengthen himself and became a Warrior of the First Rank after half a month of effort. He returned home exhausted and let Luo Fu keep believing he had a chance to surpass him.

• Luo Feng woke Luo Fu and urged him to train so he could stand up to Han Mu on his own.
• Luo Feng went to a waterfall outside town and struggled through repeated attempts to reach a platform beneath the falling water.
• After half a month of training, Luo Feng reached the First Rank and celebrated his breakthrough.
• Luo Feng ran up and down the mountain five times before returning home.
• Luo Fu proudly told Luo Feng that he might soon become a Warrior of the First Rank, and Luo Feng kept his own breakthrough secret.

After three years of relentless training, Luo Feng reached the peak of the Third Rank and began considering the Battle-qi manual. He visited the training ground and learned that his younger brother Luo Fu had become a Warrior of the First Rank.

• Luo Feng trained beneath the waterfall and through demanding strength exercises for three years, reaching the peak of the Third Rank.
• Luo Feng reflected that he was ready to cultivate the Battle-qi manual and vowed to surpass the War God and High Priest.
• Luo Feng watched Luo Fu push himself through a strenuous training challenge at the open ground near Yellow Sand Town.
• Luo Fu collapsed from exhaustion, and Luo Feng carried his unconscious brother home.
• Luo Feng told Luo Fu that he had broken Han Mu's record and become a Warrior of the First Rank, delighting them both.

Luo Feng agreed to take Luo Fu to Basil for academy recruitment in three months, then began cultivating the secret Battle-qi manual Transforming Wind. After his first session, he discovered that Battle-qi had strengthened him and that he had affinity for Wind, Water, and Lightning.

• Luo Fu told Luo Feng he had become a rank-one warrior and wanted to attend an academy with him, and Luo Feng promised to take him to Basil in three months.
• Luo Feng recalled that he had refused an academy invitation years earlier so he could stay in Yellow Sand Town and raise Luo Fu.
• Luo Feng studied Transforming Wind and learned that it cultivated wind-attribute Battle-qi by drawing elemental essence through the body and into the dantian.
• After emerging from a day of contemplation, Luo Feng told Luo Fu to keep training while he prepared to leave town to hunt magical beasts for travel and academy expenses.
• Luo Feng began cultivating Battle-qi and drew in energy, discovering affinities for Wind, Water, and Lightning.
• Luo Feng finished his first cultivation session feeling much stronger and said he believed he could defeat five versions of himself from before cultivating Battle-qi.

Luo Feng encountered a herd of Rock Turtles while trying to claim the magic core of a dead Crimson Water Python, and was forced into a fight. As the Rock Turtle King proved too strong to kill, Luo Feng decided to cut through the other turtles and escape.

• Luo Feng found wild dogs feeding on a dead Crimson Water Python and moved to take its magic core.
• A Rock Turtle ambushed Luo Feng, and he killed it with a Battle-qi-powered punch.
• Luo Feng realized he was surrounded by a herd of enraged Rock Turtles that had killed the python.
• Luo Feng fought off the herd and discovered that its leader was a Rock Turtle King likely beyond the third level.
• Luo Feng failed to seriously injure the Rock Turtle King and decided to kill the other turtles to open a path out.

Luo Feng fought through a pack of Rock Turtles and defeated their fourth-rank king despite exhausting his Battle-qi and suffering severe injuries. He survived, recovered enough to rise, and broke through to become a Warrior of the Fourth Rank before heading home with the beasts’ cores.

• Luo Feng killed the Rock Turtles surrounding him and challenged the Rock Turtle King to a one-on-one fight.
• Luo Feng struck the Rock Turtle King with his Battle-qi, but the stronger beast endured and wounded him with its tail.
• Luo Feng gathered his remaining strength for one final attack on the king’s cracked shell, then lost consciousness.
• Luo Feng awoke beneath the moon and realized that he had killed the Rock Turtle King, then circulated his Battle-qi to repair his body.
• Luo Feng broke through to the Fourth Rank, collected several hundred first-rank cores and one core each from third- and fourth-rank beasts, and headed home.

After three months of training, Luo Feng brought Luo Fu to Basil for Philipzi Academy’s admissions test. Both brothers displayed exceptional aptitude and accepted an invitation to join Philipzi Warrior Academy, though they still had to complete another test after entering the academy.

• Luo Feng and Luo Fu arrived in Basil and spent the night preparing for the next day’s admissions test.
• At Philipzi Academy’s test, seven-year-old Luo Fu scored 742 and was rated upper high aptitude, attracting attention from nobles and academy recruiters.
• Luo Feng scored 1021 at age eleven and was rated exceptional, stunning the crowd and drawing immediate offers from several academies.
• Tizi invited Luo Feng and Luo Fu to join Philipzi Warrior Academy, and Luo Feng accepted on behalf of both brothers.
• Tizi told the brothers their information would be reported and that they would need to take another test after entering the academy.

Luo Feng settled into life at Philipzi Warrior Academy, focusing on his studies and cultivation while his younger brother Luo Fu made friends. After refusing roommate Laya’s invitation to go out, Luo Feng headed to a quiet spot to cultivate and encountered an instructor’s Blazing Tiger.

• Luo Feng and Luo Fu enrolled at Philipzi Warrior Academy and received different dormitory assignments.
• Luo Feng met his dismissive blond roommate in dormitory 311, then devoted himself to cultivation and his studies.
• Luo Feng learned about the academy’s classes and grades, while Luo Fu became popular with his dormmates without neglecting his studies.
• As New Year approached, Laya invited Luo Feng out, but Luo Feng urged him to practice instead and declined.
• Luo Feng ran toward the mountain to cultivate, spotted a Blazing Tiger belonging to an instructor, and continued to an empty corner.

Luo Feng advanced his swordsmanship and learned that his magical talent was exceptional in wind, lightning, and water, with spiritual energy forty-eight times that of his peers. He left the test delighted by his prospects as a mage as well as a warrior.

• Luo Feng reached the threshold of sword techniques after attuning himself to nature and practicing with his greatsword.
• Tizi told Luo Feng he was leaving to travel and arranged for him to have his magical talent tested by Maifu'er.
• Luo Feng showed superior affinity for wind and lightning and high affinity for water, nearly at the superior level.
• Luo Feng endured Maifu'er's Intimidation spell until the pressure forced him to one knee.
• Maifu'er declared Luo Feng's spiritual energy superior and forty-eight times that of his peers.

At sixteen, Luo Feng had reached the peak of the Sixth Rank through years of relentless training, but he felt academy life was slowing his progress. He told his former instructor Tizi that he planned to leave for the Magical Beast Forest the next day.

• Luo Feng reflected on his five years at Philipzi Warrior Academy, where he became its celebrated genius without participating in arena tournaments.
• During training in the back mountain, Luo Feng decided that the academy no longer suited him and that he needed to train elsewhere.
• That night, Luo Feng traveled to a barren mountain outside Basil and found Tizi meditating there.
• Luo Feng told Tizi he was leaving to train in the Magical Beast Forest the next day, then departed.

Luo Feng ventured alone into the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, planning to explore no farther than three hundred li. After a Unicorn Fire Wolf attacked him, he killed it and began preparing it for dinner.

• Luo Feng refused to let Luo Fu accompany him and set out for the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts with a packed leather bag.
• Luo Feng entered the forest, cleared a path with his greatsword, and decided to explore no farther than three hundred li.
• Luo Feng rested in a tree and spotted a level-four Unicorn Fire Wolf nearby.
• The Unicorn Fire Wolf attacked Luo Feng with a Fireball, and he killed it with his bare hands and a powerful kick.
• Luo Feng cut off the wolf's legs, gathered wood, and began preparing dinner.

After peacefully sleeping for five days, Luo Feng broke through to become a Seventh-level Warrior and ventured deeper into the Magical Beast Forest. He found a wounded Silver Dragon facing a Ninth Rank Warrior and a Level 9 Great Mage Master, and watched as the confrontation began to unfold.

• Luo Feng woke after five days of sleep and discovered his battle qi was transforming.
• Luo Feng completed his breakthrough and became a Seventh-level Warrior before heading deeper into the forest.
• Luo Feng encountered dozens of dead people and later killed several weak magical beasts along the way.
• Luo Feng found a badly wounded Silver Dragon facing a Ninth Rank Warrior and a Level 9 Great Mage Master.
• The Great Mage Master urged the Silver Dragon to surrender and become his magical beast companion while Luo Feng watched from hiding.

Luo Feng watched a weakened Silver Dragon battle a level-nine warrior and magus, marveling at the beast’s strength as the magus prepared a powerful spell. The warrior injured the dragon but was sent flying, leaving the Vacuum Annihilation Art nearly ready to strike.

• Luo Feng hid nearby as the level-nine magus offered the exhausted Silver Dragon death or servitude as a magical pet.
• The Silver Dragon attacked the level-nine warrior, whose evasive movements kept him from being crushed by its powerful claws.
• The level-nine magus fired wind blades at the Silver Dragon while preparing the Vacuum Annihilation Art.
• The Silver Dragon charged the magus, but the level-nine warrior intercepted it and blocked its path.
• The Silver Dragon struck the warrior’s greatsword with its tail, injuring itself and shattering the weapon as the warrior flew away.

Luo Feng interrupted the Level 9 Great Mage Master's Vacuum Annihilation Art, saving the silver dragon from a direct hit but leaving it gravely wounded by the blast. He carried the shrunken dragon away, fought the Warrior of the Ninth Rank while badly injured, and collapsed unconscious in a lake.

• Luo Feng climbed a tree and leapt at the Level 9 Great Mage Master as he prepared to cast Vacuum Annihilation Art, but his strike hit the mage's wind shield and knocked the spell off course.
• The Vacuum Annihilation Art missed the silver dragon but left it near death with damage from the blast's aftershock, while the furious mage attacked Luo Feng with Wind Blades.
• Luo Feng told the silver dragon to shrink, hoisted it onto his back, and fled as the Warrior of the Ninth Rank pursued him.
• The Warrior of the Ninth Rank caught Luo Feng and struck him, but Luo Feng endured the injury and kicked the warrior away before picking up the silver dragon and running on.
• Luo Feng staggered into a lake, drifted downstream, and lost consciousness.

Luo Feng recovered from his injuries and continued training in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts with the silver dragon, Wa'ersi. Wa'ersi refused to contract with him until he became a ninth-rank warrior, so Luo Feng pressed on toward that goal while practicing his combat fundamentals.

• Luo Feng woke beside the shrunken silver dragon after escaping the ninth-rank warrior and magus, then spent five days recovering from his injuries.
• Luo Feng carried the still-unconscious dragon into the forest and, two months later, had advanced to mid-stage seventh rank.
• The silver dragon recovered fully and revealed his name as Wa'ersi, while Luo Feng continued traveling north through the range's central region.
• Wa'ersi refused to acknowledge Luo Feng as his master or sign a contract until Luo Feng reached ninth rank.
• Luo Feng practiced basic greatsword movements and resolved to work harder toward mastering his combat techniques and becoming a powerhouse.

Luo Feng spent two years cultivating through nature and advanced to become an Eighth-level Warrior, though he still could not grasp Wielding Something Heavy as Though It Were Light. He ventured deeper into the Magical Beast Forest with Wa'ersi and encountered a Crimson Wind Cloud Leopard, whose speed and defense left him struggling.

• Luo Feng cultivated by sensing wind, water, and the earth, and after two years broke through to become an Eighth-level Warrior.
• Luo Feng split a waterfall with his greatsword but remained unable to master Wielding Something Heavy as Though It Were Light.
• Luo Feng and Wa'ersi set off deeper into the Magical Beast Forest, where Wa'ersi detected a beast ahead.
• Luo Feng identified an azure level eight wind-type magical beast as a Crimson Wind Cloud Leopard and prepared to fight it.
• The Crimson Wind Cloud Leopard launched a surprise attack, and Luo Feng struck it, but its speed and defenses made the fight difficult.

Luo Feng discovered that his talent for the Laws of Wind let him wield lightness with crushing force, and used his new technique to defeat the Crimson Wind Cloud Leopard. He spared the battered beast and let it go.

• The Crimson Wind Cloud Leopard sped up and wounded Luo Feng, while his attacks failed to penetrate its defenses.
• Watching the leopard move unpredictably through the wind, Luo Feng realized he had been pursuing the wrong technique and comprehended Wielding Something Light as Though It Were Heavy.
• Luo Feng named his new wind-based move Swift Wind and battered the Crimson Wind Cloud Leopard with a rapid barrage of punches.
• After defeating the leopard, Luo Feng declared that it had helped him comprehend the technique and let it go.

Luo Feng explained how his insight into the Laws of Wind had let him defeat the Crimson Wind Cloud Leopard with his new technique, Swift Wind, and challenged Silver Dragon Wa'ersi to submit. After more than half a year of training in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, Luo Feng reached the middle stage of the eighth level and expected to reach its peak before returning to Philipzi Warrior Academy.

• Luo Feng told Silver Dragon Wa'ersi that his insight into wind had helped him create Swift Wind and defeat the Crimson Wind Cloud Leopard.
• Luo Feng claimed that Wa'ersi would eventually be no match for him, while Wa'ersi hid his delight at the prospect of having Luo Feng as his master.
• Luo Feng trained daily in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, refining his control of his strength, Battle-qi, fists, and the gusts produced by his attacks.
• Luo Feng concluded that combat skill was the first step toward Wielding Something Heavy as Though It Were Light and continued improving Swift Wind.
• Luo Feng reached the middle stage of the eighth level after consuming a Nine-Leaf Red Crabapple Fruit and expected to reach the peak within half a year.

In his third year in the Magical Beast Forest, Luo Feng reached the peak of the eighth-level warrior rank and challenged the silver dragon Wa'ersi to a long-awaited fight. After hours of combat, neither had won, but Wa'ersi looked battered and Luo Feng asked whether he conceded.

• Luo Feng reflected on his rapid progress and his fight against the Black-Striped Giant Python, which he had driven off with Swift Wind.
• Luo Feng called out Wa'ersi, who had returned after half a year, and challenged him to fight.
• Luo Feng and Wa'ersi agreed to battle on the ground, and Wa'ersi used Wall of Protection to block Luo Feng's opening attack.
• Luo Feng and Wa'ersi fought fiercely for several hours, damaging the surrounding trees and boulders without deciding a winner.
• Luo Feng asked whether Wa'ersi conceded, and Wa'ersi roared in grief and indignation.

Luo Feng made a Soul Contract with the Silver Dragon Wa'ersi and completed his three years of training in the Magical Beast Forest. He left the forest riding Wa'ersi and headed toward Basil, eager to see his younger brother Luo Fu again.

• Luo Feng asked Wa'ersi to set up a Soul Contract Magic Array, and Wa'ersi acknowledged him as master.
• Luo Feng traveled out of the Magical Beast Forest on foot while continuing to cultivate, completing three years of training and reaching the peak of the eighth-level warrior rank.
• Luo Feng reached the forest’s northern edge and spent the night beside a mercenary group, paying for a place by their campfire with a fourth-level magicite core.
• Luo Feng declined the mercenary captain’s offer to travel with the group, and Wa'ersi arrived as a Silver Dragon.
• Luo Feng climbed onto Wa'ersi and flew toward Basil, thinking of his younger brother Luo Fu.