Chapter Summaries

Nan Feng fought Huo Wu in an exchange match and used his Tower Realm to absorb and transform the flames of her Blazing Sun Martial Soul. He told her he might be able to help her Martial Soul evolve once he reached level forty, and the match also widened the opening to the Bronze Tower’s third floor.

• Ye Lingling delivered the notice that Blazing Fire Academy was arriving for the exchange matches and reminded Nan Feng to attend.
• Huo Wu challenged the students and singled out Nan Feng, who revealed he was level thirty-four and accepted her challenge.
• Nan Feng used Tower Suppression and Tower Realm · Creation to withstand Huo Wu’s attacks and absorb her fire, leaving her at a disadvantage in a prolonged fight.
• Huo Wu asked whether Nan Feng could help her evolve her Martial Soul, and he said he might be able to once he reached level forty.
• Huo Wu asked Nan Feng to find her at Blazing Fire Academy when he reached level forty, while Ye Lingling noted that the fight had widened the opening to the tower’s third floor.

Nan Feng tested his Tower Realm against Shui Bing'er’s layered ice mist during an exchange match with Skywater Academy, learning that it could devour ice-attribute Spiritual Power less efficiently but grow more pliant through the struggle. Shui Bing'er gave him an ice crystal talisman and asked for his help evolving her Ice Phoenix once he reached level forty, while Old Huai revealed that something awaited Nan Feng in the Far North.

• Ye Lingling warned Nan Feng that Shui Bing'er’s ice-attribute Spiritual Power would be difficult for his Tower Realm to devour.
• Shui Bing'er challenged Heaven Dou Royal Academy and told Nan Feng she wanted to test how his Tower Realm reacted to ice.
• Nan Feng used Tower Suppression and the Tower Realm against Shui Bing'er’s three layers of icy mist, then boosted his conversion with the Compression Method.
• Shui Bing'er explained that icy mist damaged her meridians and asked Nan Feng to help evolve her Ice Phoenix when he reached level forty; he said he could not help yet.
• Shui Bing'er gave Nan Feng an ice crystal talisman containing cold Qi from the Far North, and Old Huai said Nan Feng could seek something there after reaching level forty.

Nan Feng cultivated on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiao Wu found him to discuss forming her Third Soul Ring. He promised to guard the forest’s outskirts when she reached level thirty, while Old Huai warned that Xiao Wu’s first six self-formed rings would consume her origin energy.

• Nan Feng traveled alone to the Star Dou Great Forest and cultivated beneath a sheltered rock face.
• Xiao Wu arrived after Ye Lingling told her where Nan Feng had gone, and explained that her Soul Power had reached level twenty-nine.
• Xiao Wu told Nan Feng she needed the forest’s same-source Spiritual Power to stabilize her meridians while forming her Third Soul Ring.
• Nan Feng promised to set up a detection net and guard the outskirts when Xiao Wu returned to form her ring, and Xiao Wu agreed to wait for him.
• After Xiao Wu left, Old Huai told Nan Feng that Xiao Wu’s origin energy would thin as she formed her first six rings and that she would need a suitable Soul Beast for her seventh.

Nan Feng met Bi Ji, guardian of the Lake of Life, who recognized the Primordial World Power in his tower and revealed that an ancient stone stele might help him open its third floor. She agreed to help stabilize Xiao Wu’s Spiritual Power when she condensed her third ring, while Nan Feng continued cultivating toward level forty.

• Bi Ji approached Nan Feng and identified the ancient power in his soul as connected to ruins beneath the Lake of Life and a stone stele under the Ancient Tree of Life.
• Nan Feng told Bi Ji that Xiao Wu planned to condense her third ring, and Bi Ji explained the cost of the human-form cultivation path and how Nan Feng’s Power of Creation could help Xiao Wu evolve.
• Bi Ji revealed that she had detected Nan Feng’s tower and its Power of Creation, then agreed to send life Spiritual Power toward the outskirts to help Xiao Wu stabilize her meridians.
• Bi Ji warned that Xiao Wu’s seventh ring would cause a major disturbance and advised Nan Feng to find a suitable Soul Beast beforehand.
• Bi Ji said a dying man had foretold that Primordial World Power would return to find Nan Feng, and invited him to visit the Lake of Life when he reached level forty.
• Nan Feng returned to cultivating, still six levels short of opening the tower’s third-floor door and releasing the Power of Creation.

Nan Feng used Bi Ji’s Cultivation Leaf and three herbs to strengthen his meridians, mental power, and Soul Power, then cultivated to level thirty-five. He left the Star Dou Great Forest for Heaven Dou City, with several people awaiting his next breakthroughs and return.

• Nan Feng found the Cultivation Leaf Bi Ji had left and swallowed it to widen his meridians.
• Nan Feng gathered Earth Core Grass, Earth Essence Fruit, and Purple-Veined Grass in the forest.
• Following Old Huai’s instructions, Nan Feng refined the herbs in order, improving his meridians, mental power, and Soul Power density.
• Nan Feng cultivated for three days and stabilized his Soul Power at level thirty-five as the third-level door’s crack widened.
• Nan Feng left the Star Dou Great Forest and headed toward Heaven Dou City, while Xiao Wu, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Bi Ji awaited his progress or return.

Nan Feng encountered Hu Liena at a secondhand market, where her Demon Fox Martial Soul detected the unusual presence within his soul. Their clash of spiritual power revealed that his Primordial World Imprint repelled her perception and charm, while making the crack in the tower’s third-level door widen slightly; Hu Liena left anticipating a possible match in the qualifiers.

• Nan Feng learned that the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament qualifiers would begin soon and that the Spirit Hall Team planned to arrive early.
• At the secondhand market, Nan Feng noticed Hu Liena’s spiritual power and recognized her as a member of the Spirit Hall Team.
• Hu Liena scanned Nan Feng and sensed an unusual presence in his soul, while also identifying his External Soul Bone and protective spiritual barrier.
• Nan Feng let Hu Liena’s charm probe his spiritual core, then withdrew it before it reached the Primordial World Imprint, which repelled her power.
• Hu Liena admitted her charm had little effect on Nan Feng and said they might meet in the individual competition during the qualifiers.
• After Hu Liena left, Nan Feng learned from Old Huai that the spiritual clash had widened the third-level door’s crack and strengthened the Power of Creation slightly.

Nan Feng won two individual matches at the Great Soul Arena, defeating students from Elephant Armor Academy and Blazing Fire Academy. He left after noticing Hu Liena in the stands and learned that his next opponent would be a level-thirty-eight student from Godwind Academy.

• Nan Feng registered for the individual competition despite the teacher's warning that many opponents would be Soul Ancestors above level forty.
• Nan Feng used Tower Suppression, Spirit Binding, and Bone Spike to defeat the Iron-Armored Rhinoceros student from Elephant Armor Academy in seven breaths.
• Nan Feng absorbed the Fire-Patterned Tiger student's fire-attribute Spiritual Power with Tower Realm · Creation, then defeated him in his second match.
• Nan Feng's victories drew attention from spectators and an Elephant Armor Academy leader, while Ye Lingling sensed that he was unharmed.
• Nan Feng saw Hu Liena watching from the stands, then learned his next opponent was a level-thirty-eight student from Godwind Academy with a Wind Falcon Martial Soul.

Nan Feng defeated Wang Chong, a level thirty-eight Soul Ancestor, in the quarterfinals by using his tower abilities and claw projections to overcome the gap in strength. After the match, he publicly declared Yu Xiaogang’s soul ring age theory wrong, leaving his accusation to spread to Shrek Academy and Spirit Hall.

• Nan Feng learned that he would face Spirit Hall’s Wang Chong, a level thirty-eight Soul Ancestor, and Dugu Yan offered to buy him a drink if he won.
• Wang Chong’s speed and strength overwhelmed Nan Feng at first, injuring his shoulder and knocking him across the arena.
• Nan Feng combined Tower Suppression and the Tower Realm to withstand Wang Chong’s fourth Soul Skill and drain his Soul Power.
• Nan Feng cut Wang Chong’s ankle with Tiger Claw · Star Shattering, then pinned him with the tower projection and Bone Spikes until the referee declared Nan Feng the winner.
• Nan Feng told reporters that Yu Xiaogang’s theory about soul ring age limits was wrong and accused the theory of being theft dressed up; Liu Erlong heard him.
• Nan Feng left knowing his public accusation would reach Shrek Academy and Yu Xiaogang, while the crack in the third-floor door widened and the Power of Creation grew stronger.

Nan Feng lost the semifinal to a level-forty-four Vajra Ape Soul Ancestor after a fierce battle, but forced his opponent to spend half his Soul Power. After Ye Lingling healed him, he left the arena with his Soul Power still at level thirty-five and the crack in the third level's door widening.

• Nan Feng faced the Vajra Ape fighter, who warned that his three layers of defense and denser Soul Power would overcome Nan Feng's Tower abilities.
• Nan Feng fought with Tower Suppression, Tower Realm, weapons, and his External Soul Bone, but the fighter's strength and defenses gradually wore him down.
• On the fifty-first exchange, the fighter's full-power punch broke Nan Feng's hammer and struck him into the railing, winning the semifinal.
• The fighter praised Nan Feng's Tower Realm, helped him stand, and told him to challenge him again after reaching level forty.
• Xiao Wu scolded Nan Feng for taking on the stronger opponent, and Ye Lingling healed his wounds and warned him to rest for several days.
• Ye Lingling said Tang San would hear about the match and Nan Feng's remarks about Grandmaster; Nan Feng left the arena as the crack in the third level's door widened.

Nan Feng learned that Spirit Hall had sent Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan to investigate his unusual Soul Ring Configuration and theories, then gave him three days to cooperate or be taken to Spirit City. Unable to risk the investigation, Nan Feng planned to forge a new weapon and flee Heaven Dou City for the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Ye Lingling told Nan Feng that a powerful stranger had come asking about him, and he read newspaper reports about the attention his competition interview had drawn.
• Yue Guan confronted Nan Feng at the academy and invited him to Spirit City for a comprehensive assessment of his Martial Soul and Soul Ring Configuration.
• Nan Feng refused to commit, so Yue Guan gave him three days before Spirit Hall would formally send someone to collect him.
• Nan Feng told Old Huai he would get a new weapon and leave Heaven Dou City for the Lake of Life, where he hoped to advance the tower's third-floor door.
• Nan Feng decided to visit the Blacksmith Association the next day and leave Heaven Dou City the day after.

Nan Feng forged a heavier short staff and learned that Chrysanthemum Douluo had pressured the Dugu Family to stay out of Spirit Hall’s pursuit of him. After Dugu Yan gave him supplies and her grandfather’s message, Nan Feng prepared to leave Heaven Dou City for the Lake of Life the following night.

• Nan Feng commissioned an old smith named Tie to forge a new short staff from Cold Iron Core and Star-Patterned Copper.
• Dugu Yan told Nan Feng that Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan had visited Dugu Bo and given Nan Feng three days to go to Spirit City or face arrest by Spirit Hall.
• Nan Feng told Dugu Yan he planned to leave Heaven Dou City tomorrow night and travel to the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dugu Yan conveyed that the Dugu Family would neither openly help Nan Feng nor aid Spirit Hall against him because he had once saved her.
• Dugu Yan gave Nan Feng antidote pills and a bottle of concentrated Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, and asked him to send word if he reached the Lake of Life safely.

Nan Feng watched Shrek Academy defeat Spirit Hall Academy in the tournament final, then met Xiao Wu after she ran to embrace him. Xiao Wu revealed she knew he was leaving Heaven Dou City that night, while Tang San remained unaware.

• Nan Feng entered the Great Soul Arena with a token from Ye Lingling and spotted Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei among the VIPs.
• Shrek Academy struggled against Spirit Hall Academy’s stronger team until Tang San used poisoned Hidden Weapons to weaken Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Xiao Wu and the other Shrek members completed a counterattack, knocked Xie Yue and Yan off the platform, and won the final when the referee declared Shrek Academy victorious.
• Xiao Wu ran to Nan Feng, embraced him, and told him she had wanted him to see her win; Tang San, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Hu Liena, and Huo Wu watched them.
• Xiao Wu told Nan Feng that Ye Lingling had informed her he would leave that night, and Nan Feng prepared to depart while Tang San still did not know.

Huo Wu confronted Nan Feng about holding back in the semifinals, challenged him to fight at full strength next time, and asked when he would help her evolve her Martial Soul. Nan Feng continued working toward level forty, which he needed to unlock more Creation power and fulfill promises to others.

• Nan Feng practiced Tower Suppression on the academy’s back mountain, where his Soul Power had reached level thirty-five and the third-floor door had opened slightly farther.
• Huo Wu arrived and accused Nan Feng of withholding the golden power in his soul during the semifinals; Nan Feng admitted it was his last trump card.
• Huo Wu challenged Nan Feng to fight without holding back when they met again and asked when he would help evolve her Blazing Sun Martial Soul; he said he would help when her Soul Power reached a bottleneck.
• Huo Wu asked whether Nan Feng had a girlfriend, laughed at his stunned reaction, and left after repeating her challenge.
• Nan Feng reviewed the people waiting for his help and his goal of reaching level forty, then left the back mountain.

Nan Feng received Shui Bing'er's detailed notes on combining ice-attribute Spiritual Power with his tower and used the enclosed thousand-year Ice Marrow to strengthen the tower's ice affinity. He promised to visit Skywater Academy after reaching level forty and continued cultivating toward that goal.

• A Skywater Academy student delivered Shui Bing'er's notes and a bottle of thousand-year Ice Marrow to Nan Feng.
• Nan Feng read Shui Bing'er's analysis of ice-attribute Spiritual Power and her proposal to study the extreme cold within his soul using her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Following Old Huai's advice, Nan Feng let the Ice Marrow be refined by the Power of Creation, increasing the tower's ice affinity and strengthening the Power of Creation's output.
• Nan Feng wrote back with his observations and ideas, promising to visit Shui Bing'er at Skywater Academy once his Soul Power reached level forty.
• Nan Feng reflected on his level-thirty-five progress and the people awaiting him, then resumed cultivating.

Nan Feng helped Liu Erlong recognize that Yu Xiaogang’s lies had suppressed her Scarlet Dragon Martial Soul and used Primordial World Power to crack her bottleneck. Liu Erlong left determined to break through level seventy-eight, while Nan Feng anticipated her Martial Soul’s awakening and warned that Spirit Hall might target him.

• At the Old Blacksmith Tavern, Liu Erlong told Nan Feng that Yu Xiaogang had rejected her, stolen theories from her clan, and convinced her she could never surpass level thirty-nine.
• Nan Feng argued that Yu Xiaogang’s claims had made Liu Erlong doubt her own potential and that her Scarlet Dragon Martial Soul had never reached its true limit.
• Nan Feng infused Liu Erlong with Primordial World Power, opening a crack in her bottleneck and giving her a chance to break through.
• Liu Erlong asked Nan Feng about Yu Xiaogang’s theories, and he explained that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s secret manuscripts and her own Martial Soul supported his claims.
• Liu Erlong warned Nan Feng that Spirit Hall and Chrysanthemum Douluo might come after him, then left determined to break through level seventy-eight.
• Nan Feng told Old Huai that Liu Erlong’s breakthrough could awaken her Scarlet Dragon origin and transform her Martial Soul, while Liu Erlong vowed revenge on Yu Xiaogang.

After Tang Hao took Tang San away from the Great Soul Arena, Nan Feng sacrificed his first Soul Ring to enter Slaughter City and temper his Primordial World Power. He left Heaven Dou City for the dangerous northern wasteland, while Chrysanthemum Douluo pursued him under Bibi Dong’s order.

• Tang Hao arrived at the finals, rebuked Yu Xiaogang, and took Tang San away, while Nan Feng recognized that his presence protected Tang San from Spirit Hall.
• Nan Feng decided to enter Slaughter City to refine its killing intent and seek the Tower Spirit Fragment, which could help him master the Mountain Suppression Art and open the Tower Spirit Space.
• Nan Feng received Shui Bing’er’s letter warning him about Chrysanthemum Douluo, then sacrificed his 920-year-old Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf Soul Ring and fell to level thirty.
• Nan Feng left Heaven Dou City before dawn and headed north toward Slaughter City, accepting that he would face powerful Fallen Soul Masters with his life at stake.
• Xiao Wu sensed Nan Feng’s departure and clutched his red hair ribbon, while Chrysanthemum Douluo led Spirit Hall Soul Masters north in pursuit.

Nan Feng entered Slaughter City and learned that he had to win one hundred consecutive matches in the Hell Slaughter Arena to reach the Tower Spirit Fragment. After hearing of a missing fighter called the Tower Master who wore a red ribbon like his own and wielded a tower Martial Soul, Nan Feng entered the arena and gave the same code name.

• Nan Feng sacrificed his first Soul Ring to the gatekeeper, received the Fallen One's Mark, and entered Slaughter City with his Soul Power suppressed.
• Nan Feng learned from Old Huai that reaching the Tower Spirit Fragment required a hundred consecutive arena victories and a challenge on the third level of Hell Road.
• Tu San told Nan Feng about the missing Tower Master, a fighter with a tower Martial Soul who wore a red hair ribbon on his left wrist.
• Nan Feng recognized the ribbon as one Xiao Wu had braided and sensed that the Tower Master might be connected to the Bronze Tower.
• Nan Feng entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and announced his code name as "Tower Master," prompting a spectator to crush the flesh in his hand.

Nan Feng won his first Hell Slaughter Arena match as Tower Master, defeating the Four-Ring Soul Ancestor Bone Blade despite the Slaughter City suppression. He discovered an older carving linked to Primordial World Power, while Hu Liena began investigating him and the previous Tower Master; Nan Feng prepared for his next match and continued searching for the third underground level.

• Nan Feng used Tower Suppression, Bone Spike, and Spirit Binding to defeat Bone Blade, then won his first arena match under the codename Tower Master.
• Nan Feng found an older Tower Master carving that carried Primordial World Power, and Old Huai said its creator was likely still alive on the third underground level.
• Hu Liena watched Nan Feng’s match, ordered her agents to track him and investigate the previous Tower Master, and noticed the Rakshasa curse imprint respond to his Spirit Binding.
• Nan Feng left the arena, discussed his strength and next steps with Old Huai, and resolved to find the entrance to the third underground level.
• Nan Feng rested in an empty stone house and prepared for his second match in three days, still needing a hundred wins to challenge Hell Road.

Nan Feng and Hu Liena discovered that Bibi Dong had sent her to find a missing Tower Master connected to the Rakshasa Curse and a Primordial World Fragment. After preparing for his second match, they joined forces and entered the passage to the third underground level, where the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and another Primordial World presence awaited.

• Nan Feng recognized the Rakshasa Curse in Hu Liena’s soul when she visited his stone house, and they questioned each other about their goals in Slaughter City.
• Nan Feng told Hu Liena that her curse had resonated with power underground, and Hu Liena revealed that Bibi Dong had sent her to kill a missing Tower Master and recover something he carried.
• Nan Feng and Hu Liena agreed to cooperate to reach the third underground level, where the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King guarded the passage.
• Hu Liena warned Nan Feng that his second-match opponent was a level forty-seven Soul Ancestor with a Black-Armored Scorpion Martial Soul, and Nan Feng used the next three days to recover.
• After Nan Feng’s second match, he met Hu Liena at the passage entrance, sensed a Primordial World fluctuation beyond the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, and entered the darkness with her.

Nan Feng and Hu Liena killed the Bat King on the third underground level and recovered the fourth Tower Spirit Fragment, which strengthened the Tower Spirit and unlocked the Mountain Suppression Art. They then followed a stronger Primordial World presence deeper into a fissure, while Chrysanthemum Douluo reported that the Tower Master was alive and suspected there were two Tower Masters in the city.

• Nan Feng and Hu Liena found the injured Bat King and planned to use Hu Liena’s Rakshasa Power to trigger the Primordial World Power lodged in its wound.
• Hu Liena released some Rakshasa Power, and Nan Feng shielded her with the Tower Realm as the Bat King attacked them.
• Nan Feng bound the Bat King while Hu Liena struck its wound, and Nan Feng finished it by smashing its three heads with a tower-shaped hammer.
• Nan Feng recovered the fourth Tower Spirit Fragment, which expanded the Tower Spirit Space and allowed him to cultivate the Mountain Suppression Art.
• Nan Feng and Hu Liena entered a fissure to investigate a stronger Primordial World presence that might lead to the missing Tower Master.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo recorded that the Tower Master was alive and concluded that Lady Bibi Dong had been right about there being two Tower Masters in the city.