Chapter Summaries

Luo Feng returned to Philipzi Warrior Academy on his Silver Dragon and reunited with his younger brother, Luo Fu, after three years apart. He took Luo Fu away from the admissions site and flew with him toward the academy.

• Luo Feng arrived above Philipzi Warrior Academy on the Level Nine Silver Dragon Wa'ersi, startling the crowd and recruiters.
• Luo Feng spotted Luo Fu among the academy's recruiters and ordered Wa'ersi to stop releasing his dragon's might.
• Luo Feng landed, recognized Luo Fu, and embraced him as the brothers reunited in tears.
• Luo Feng told Luo Fu to leave the admissions work and return with him, reassuring the other recruiters that they could manage without him.
• Luo Feng and Luo Fu climbed onto Wa'ersi and flew toward Philipzi Warrior Academy while Luo Fu excitedly asked how strong his brother had become.

Luo Feng brought Luo Fu to Philipzi Warrior Academy, where Luo Fu’s classmates mocked him over his feelings for Feilin and compared him unfavorably to Disi. Luo Feng comforted his brother, then beat the jeering students and took Luo Fu toward the dormitory.

• Luo Feng arrived at Philipzi Warrior Academy with Luo Fu while the Silver Dragon stayed in the forest.
• Students praised Luo Fu’s Fifth Rank breakthrough, but Disi’s followers mocked him and claimed Disi had reached the Sixth Rank.
• Luo Feng asked Luo Fu about Feilin, and Luo Fu admitted that he liked her but believed she looked down on him because he was a commoner.
• Luo Feng encouraged Luo Fu to be brave and rational about his feelings, reminding him that Feilin’s rejection was her loss.
• When Disi’s followers continued insulting Luo Fu, Luo Feng kicked them down and led his brother toward the dormitory.

Luo Feng told Luo Fu that he planned to graduate from Philipzi Warrior Academy, then faced an instructor in the required assessment. He easily defeated the Eighth-level Warrior and left the instructors stunned by his strength and speed.

• Luo Feng kicked away men who threatened him in Young Master Disi’s name and told them to send Disi after him.
• Luo Feng told Luo Fu he planned to apply for graduation, and said that no one below Saint Domain could match him.
• Luo Fu was astonished to learn how powerful Luo Feng had become and accepted that his brother had far surpassed him.
• More than thirty instructors gathered at Philipzi Warrior Academy to watch Luo Feng’s graduation assessment against Lei Xingkong.
• Lei Xingkong unleashed Thunderbolt of Immense Force, but Luo Feng erased the attack with his fists and sent a barrage of blows toward him.
• Luo Feng appeared behind Lei Xingkong with a hand poised over his neck, then withdrew and returned to his starting position without harming him.

Luo Feng passed Philipzi Warrior Academy’s graduation assessment after defeating the testing instructor with a single move, stunning the academy. As the vice dean arranged to commemorate him, Luo Feng spoke with Luo Fu and left his plans for the future unspoken.

• The testing instructor admitted defeat, and the vice dean announced that Luo Feng had passed the assessment.
• The vice dean asked Luo Feng to stay so the academy could commission a portrait and statue in his honor, but Luo Feng was eager to leave.
• News of Luo Feng’s age and strength spread through Philipzi Warrior Academy, where students praised him as a future Saint Domain expert.
• Luo Fu asked Luo Feng to teach him the move that had defeated the instructor, and Luo Feng promised to help him cultivate and teach him what he knew.
• Luo Fu proudly asked whether Luo Feng would become a noble, but Luo Feng felt reluctant and could not bring himself to reveal his plans.

Luo Feng told Luo Fu he planned to leave the O'Brien Empire to continue training, but promised to return once Luo Fu became an Eighth-level Warrior. He then showed Luo Fu a sack of Magic Crystal Cores worth around a hundred thousand gold coins and planned to sell them so Luo Fu could focus on training.

• Luo Feng told Luo Fu he wanted a life of challenge and planned to leave the empire to train elsewhere.
• Luo Fu pleaded with Luo Feng not to leave him again, but Luo Feng said he would take him along once he became an Eighth-level Warrior.
• Luo Fu accepted the condition and promised to work toward that goal.
• Luo Feng showed Luo Fu a sack of level-five and level-six Magic Crystal Cores worth around a hundred thousand gold coins.
• Luo Feng said they would sell the cores the next day so Luo Fu could stop working and concentrate on training at the academy.

After three months at Philipzi Warrior Academy, Luo Feng left for Chiyan, the O'Brien Empire's imperial capital, with the Silver Dragon Wa'ersi. He entered the ancient city eager to face its powerful experts, especially those of the Saint Domain, and set out with Wa'ersi for an exciting new life.

• Luo Feng decided to leave the academy and said farewell to Luo Fu, after sharing what he had learned about cultivation.
• Luo Feng summoned the Silver Dragon Wa'ersi and rode with him toward Chiyan to seek out the capital's experts.
• Luo Feng surveyed Chiyan's massive ancient walls and entered the city after reassuring an imperial officer that he would follow its rules.
• Wa'ersi suggested they find a Ninth Rank Warrior to fight, but Luo Feng said he was interested in challenging a Saint Domain expert.
• Luo Feng set off into Chiyan, telling Wa'ersi that an exciting life was about to begin.

In Chiyan City, Luo Feng ignored a noble youth riding a Winged Bird Dragon until the youth attacked him. Luo Feng let Wa'ersi retaliate, and the Silver Dragon left the youth and his beast near death.

• Luo Feng walked through Chiyan City's western district with Wa'ersi following him as a richly dressed youth rode overhead on a Winged Bird Dragon.
• After Luo Feng showed no admiration, the youth ordered the Winged Bird Dragon to attack him with Wind Blades, but Light's Protection blocked them.
• Luo Feng told Wa'ersi to teach the pair a lesson without killing them.
• Wa'ersi struck the Winged Bird Dragon into a wall, and the beast struggled free as the youth glared at him.
• Wa'ersi attacked again, wrecking the ground and leaving the youth and Winged Bird Dragon near death as they recognized him as a Level Nine Magical Beast, a Silver Dragon.

Luo Feng trained without advancing beyond the peak of the eighth rank, then heard that Cass’s younger brother Kasuo had been beaten by his Silver Dragon. The chapter left Luo Feng listening as Kasuo asked Cass for help, while Cass urged him to become more independent.

• Luo Feng rented a hotel room and cultivated, but remained at the peak of the eighth-level warrior rank.
• At a tavern, Luo Feng overheard guests discuss how Kasuo had offended a powerful expert and been beaten by the expert’s Silver Dragon.
• The guests said Cass, a ninth-rank warrior and nominal disciple of the War God Sect, had recently left seclusion and might seek revenge for Kasuo.
• Luo Feng became eager to meet Cass, believing the confrontation would interest him without requiring him to challenge a saint domain expert.
• Kasuo arrived at the tavern with Cass and asked his brother to help him avenge his beating.
• Cass criticized Kasuo for relying on others and failing to work hard, while Kasuo continued pleading for help.

Luo Feng confronted Cass Del in a tavern and challenged him to a fight outside the city in three days. Cass accepted, leaving the two men set to meet in a dangerous duel.

• Luo Feng approached Cass Del and declared that he would make Cass remember him.
• Kasuo attacked Luo Feng from behind, but Luo Feng dodged the punch and kicked Kasuo to the ground.
• Luo Feng told Cass he would wait outside the city in three days and challenged him to avenge Kasuo.
• Cass accepted the challenge and warned Luo Feng that he would repay Kasuo's injuries tenfold.
• Luo Feng dismissed Cass's reputation and left the tavern after repeating the challenge.

Luo Feng and Cass began their long-awaited duel in the eastern wilderness, trading powerful attacks that shook the surrounding landscape. After their opening clashes, Luo Feng challenged Cass to stop holding back and fight with everything he had.

• More than a hundred thousand spectators gathered in the eastern wilderness to watch Luo Feng and Cass fight.
• Luo Feng arrived on Wa'ersi, then landed and asked Wa'ersi to keep Cass's Winged Bird Dragon King from interfering.
• Cass and Luo Feng exchanged opening attacks, and neither gained the advantage.
• Cass unleashed his strongest sword strike, but Luo Feng dodged it and countered with Swift Wind before Cass blocked his blows.
• Luo Feng and Cass collided head-on, shattering trees and boulders as Cass was shocked by Luo Feng's strength.
• Luo Feng praised Cass as his strongest opponent and urged him to use all his strength.

Luo Feng overwhelmed Cass in a fierce duel, prompting Cass to admit defeat. As Luo Feng departed with Wa'ersi, his words about persevering through setbacks inspired Cass to resolve to defeat him someday.

• Luo Feng and Cass fought at full speed, trading blows as the spectators watched in awe.
• Luo Feng announced that he would use his full strength, and Cass admitted defeat before the final exchange.
• Luo Feng criticized Cass's strength, while Cass acknowledged that Luo Feng was far stronger and vowed to challenge him again.
• Luo Feng told Cass that a powerhouse must keep fighting through setbacks, then climbed onto Wa'ersi as the dragon finished off the Winged Bird Dragon King.
• Luo Feng flew away with Wa'ersi and called out that he hoped Cass would give him a proper fight next time.

After crushing Cass, Luo Feng gained fame across the imperial capital but ignored the attention and continued cultivating. Over the next year he defeated five War God Sect disciples, lost to a Saint Domain expert, and later injured that same opponent after beginning to touch the threshold of Force, though the fight left him recovering for three months.

• Luo Feng left the wilderness on the Silver Dragon Wa'ersi and reviewed his battle with Cass while restoring his Battle-qi.
• Luo Feng's victory spread throughout the imperial capital, where crowds admired him while he kept to himself and cultivated.
• After a year of training, Luo Feng remained at the peak of the eighth rank and began using his Battle-qi to temper his body.
• Five nominal disciples of the War God Sect challenged Luo Feng, and he defeated them all at once.
• Luo Feng challenged an ancient family's Saint Domain Initial Stage expert, lost, and became friends with him after gaining insight into Saint Domain strength.
• Three months later, Luo Feng challenged the same expert again and injured him after beginning to touch the threshold of Force, then spent three months recuperating.

After three years of training and repeated defeats in the O'Brien Empire, Luo Feng broke through to the Initial Stage of the Ninth Rank. He explained to Wa'ersi why Ninth Rank warriors remained far weaker than Saint Domain experts, then decided to leave the empire and travel.

• Luo Feng broke through from the Peak of the Eighth Rank to the Initial Stage of the Ninth Rank in the winter snow.
• Luo Feng recalled his three years in the O'Brien Empire, including defeating War God Sect disciples, befriending the Mosca Clan ancestor, and repeatedly challenging Saint Domain experts.
• Wa'ersi arrived after sensing Luo Feng's breakthrough and asked whether Luo Feng could now match a Saint Domain expert.
• Luo Feng explained that Saint Domain strength depended on comprehending Drawing Upon Heaven and Earth, which he had only reached the threshold of.
• Luo Feng told Wa'ersi they would say goodbye to their friends and leave the O'Brien Empire to travel.

Luo Feng visited the Mosca Clan to say goodbye to Sasi Moska before leaving the imperial capital, where he met and antagonized War God Sect disciple Kenyon. After revealing that he had reached the Ninth Rank, Luo Feng left the reception hall amid tension with Kenyon.

• Luo Feng arrived at the Mosca Clan residence and asked to meet its patriarch, then Kazi Moska brought him inside to see Sasi Moska and Kenyon.
• Luo Feng told Sasi Moska he was leaving the imperial capital after three years, and Sasi noticed that Luo Feng had advanced to the Ninth Rank.
• Sasi introduced Kenyon as a personal disciple of the War God Sect who had recently become a Saint Domain expert.
• Kenyon criticized Luo Feng for defeating War God Sect disciples, and Luo Feng called them trash and mocked Kenyon's slow progress.
• Sasi tried to calm the argument, while Luo Feng remained openly hostile toward Kenyon and prepared to leave.

Luo Feng left Chiyan City after three years of training, but Kenyon of the War God Sect intercepted him and challenged him. Luo Feng grievously wounded Kenyon before Silver Dragon rescued him, and Luo Feng vowed to repay the humiliation.

• Luo Feng reflected on his three years of growth as he prepared to leave Chiyan City.
• Kenyon confronted Luo Feng over his offense against a War God Sect disciple, and Luo Feng agreed to fight him while telling Silver Dragon to escape.
• Luo Feng and Kenyon exchanged powerful attacks, and Luo Feng broke one of Kenyon’s arms.
• Kenyon attacked the badly injured Luo Feng with killing intent, but Silver Dragon seized Luo Feng and carried him away.
• Luo Feng promised to repay Kenyon a hundredfold as Silver Dragon escaped into the distance.

After Kenyon nearly killed him, Luo Feng remained unconscious for almost nine months while Wa'ersi recovered and watched over him. Once awake, Luo Feng reflected on his defeat, realized he had crossed the threshold of 'force,' and decided to focus on cultivation so he could reach the Saint Domain.

• The wounded Wa'ersi carried the unconscious Luo Feng away from Kenyon and sheltered with him in the Dark Forest.
• Wa'ersi recovered first, then used Level Nine Light Element magic to heal Luo Feng's wounds.
• Luo Feng awoke and learned that Wa'ersi had saved him and that he had been unconscious for almost nine months.
• Luo Feng admitted that Kenyon's strength had humbled him and said the battle had helped him cross the threshold of 'force.'
• Luo Feng resolved to spend the next few years comprehending nature and refining his Battle-qi, aiming to reach the Saint Domain within ten years.

Luo Feng reflected on how arrogance and rapid cultivation had damaged his state of mind, then regained clarity after hearing music from the woods. He decided to make a guqin, leaving his heart whole and his renewed pursuit of cultivation guided by his true desires.

• Luo Feng brooded beside the lake over his conceit and the crack in his state of mind after his battle with Kenyon.
• A breeze carried a qin-like melody from the woods, calming Luo Feng and reviving memories of his guqin playing in his previous life.
• Luo Feng recognized that his obsession with power had burdened his heart, and he reaffirmed his desire to protect his younger brother and forge his own path.
• Luo Feng's state of mind became whole, his understanding deepened, and he rushed into the woods to find material for a qin.
• Luo Feng chose an ancient Iron-Black Snow Wood and resolved to make a guqin.

After completing the Startling Cloud Zither, Luo Feng played mournful and peaceful music in the Dark Forest, drawing Wa'ersi and the Purple-Gold Rat Kings to him. He introduced himself to Harry and tried to leave, but Harry stopped him to ask about his injuries and how he had reached the forest.

• Luo Feng finished crafting a guqin from the mane and whiskers of an Ice-Cold Snow Lion Emperor and named it the Startling Cloud Zither.
• Luo Feng played a sorrowful piece that brought back memories of his previous life and left him tearful.
• Wa'ersi found Luo Feng and asked him to play more; Luo Feng played a peaceful melody that drew birds and small magical beasts to the bamboo grove.
• The Purple-Gold Rat Kings appeared, and Harry asked Luo Feng who he was and whether he had made the music.
• Luo Feng introduced himself, explained that Kenyon had injured him and Wa'ersi had brought him to the forest, then tried to leave with Wa'ersi.
• Harry stopped Luo Feng and questioned him about his arrival in the Magical Beast Forest.

Luo Feng recognized the Purple-Gold Rat Kings as Beirut’s powerful sons and tried to leave the Dark Forest, but the brothers insisted he stay and play the zither until he reached the Saint Domain. He remained under their protection while continuing to cultivate Battle-qi and entertain them with music.

• Luo Feng recalled Beirut’s immense power and realized the three Purple-Gold Rat Kings were likely formidable experts despite being Midgods.
• Harry stopped Luo Feng from leaving, and his brother explained that they wanted him to stay in the Dark Forest under their protection and play the zither.
• Harvey asked about Luo Feng’s age and strength, while the Silver Dragon praised his talent; Hart said Luo Feng ranked among the top thousand people he had met.
• Luo Feng said he had other matters to attend to and needed to leave, but Harry told him he could go only after reaching the Saint Domain.
• Luo Feng stayed with the Rat Kings, playing the zither whenever he was not cultivating Battle-qi, while the brothers and the Silver Dragon listened.

After six years of cultivating and playing the zither in the Dark Forest, Luo Feng had perfected Drawing Upon Heaven and Earth and comprehended the laws of speed and vocal music. His Battle-qi finally broke through to the Saint Domain, leaving him excited at the culmination of nearly thirty years of effort.

• Luo Feng spent six years living by the lake in the Dark Forest, cultivating and playing the zither for Harry and his two brothers.
• Luo Feng comprehended the Laws of Vocal Music and created the soul attack Illusionary Realm of Wind, while also developing the material attack Extremity of Wind through the law of speed.
• Harry and his two brothers were surprised that Luo Feng had comprehended the advanced Laws of Vocal Music, which they themselves had not mastered.
• Luo Feng felt his Battle-qi change after reaching its peak at the Ninth Rank, and endured an hour as it transformed.
• Luo Feng opened his eyes after breaking through to the Saint Domain and celebrated reaching it after nearly thirty years of effort.