Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiuran defeated Ye Xinglan, drawing the attention of Mu Chen, who invited him to join the Donghai Blacksmiths' Association. After Lin Xiuran's team advanced through several matches, they faced Hailu Academy in a crucial contest, and both teams entered the arena ready to fight.

• Lin Xiuran defeated Ye Xinglan, who accepted her loss and resolved to beat him another day.
• Shen Yi and Wu Zhangkong agreed that Lin Xiuran could make his own way to Shrek Academy.
• Mu Chen invited Lin Xiuran to join the Donghai Blacksmiths' Association and offered to teach him forging, but Lin Xiuran postponed his decision until after the competition.
• Lin Xiuran's team won its next three round-robin matches and advanced to the later rounds.
• Lin Xiuran's team prepared to face Hailu Academy's formidable team, led by Zhou Hanyou, in a match that could secure a place in the top sixteen.

Tang Wulin, Lin Xiuran, and Guyue began their battle against Hailu Academy Team, whose higher cultivation levels did not prevent Lin Xiuran and Guyue from suppressing its members with elemental attacks. The fight remained underway as Zhou Hanyou activated her third Soul Ring.

• Zhou Tian'er asked whether Lin Xiuran was the ten-year-old three-ring Soul Master, and Tang Wulin said they would find out in battle.
• Tang Wulin took a defensive position while Lin Xiuran and Guyue stood behind him as the match began.
• Zhou Hanyou's Ice Spikes collided with Guyue's, while Zhou Tian'er used Thorn Vines to overwhelm Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass.
• Wang Dongqi charged at Lin Xiuran, but his fire and ice attacks forced her to retreat and struggle against his elemental barrage.
• Guyue's attacks kept Zhou Hanyou occupied, and Zhou Hanyou activated her third Soul Ring.

Zhou Hanyou unleashed her Ice Spirit Soul Skill and overwhelmed Tang Wulin, but Lin Xiuran counterattacked with three Fire Phoenixes. Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Forest, which ran out of control and bore down on Lin Xiuran as a purple light flashed in his eyes.

• Zhou Hanyou used Ice Spirit to attack across the arena, blasting Tang Wulin to the ground and helping Wang Dongqi hold her own against Lin Xiuran.
• Lin Xiuran summoned three Fire Phoenixes that broke through the sisters’ defenses and merged into one enormous phoenix.
• Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er joined hands and unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Forest.
• The uncontrolled Ice and Snow Forest overwhelmed Lin Xiuran, and a purple light flashed in his pupils just before it struck him.

Lin Xiuran broke the Zhou sisters’ Ice and Snow Forest Martial Soul Fusion Skill but passed out from the effort, while Gu Yuena chose to save Tang Wulin and later reflected on how she had wronged Lin Xiuran. After Tang Wulin and Guyue withdrew from the team competition, Lin Xiuran won the Youth Division Individual Competition championship.

• Lin Xiuran shattered the Zhou sisters’ Ice and Snow Forest with an unseen power, and Wu Zhangkong supported him as he collapsed.
• Guyue teleported away with Tang Wulin after using her life force and Life Healing Light to heal his injuries, while Gu Yuena told Tang Wutong she wanted to share her story.
• Lin Xiuran woke at the hotel, reassured Wu Zhangkong and his friends that he was fine, and learned that Tang Wulin and Guyue were still unconscious.
• Tang Wulin and Guyue woke several days later but withdrew from the remaining team matches because both could not be replaced.
• Lin Xiuran continued in the Youth Division Individual Competition and won the championship at age ten.

Lin Xiuran received the youth division’s individual and forging championships, then learned he was expected to compete in the All-Federation Competition. Three years later, unable to awaken the Thunder Element, he searched the Far North on Gu Yuena’s advice, where she began to explain what they were truly seeking.

• Lin Xiuran accepted the youth individual and forging championship trophies as the crowd cheered.
• Wu Zhangkong told Lin Xiuran to prepare for the All-Federation Competition the following year.
• Three years later, Lin Xiuran searched the Far North for a way to awaken the Thunder Element after reaching a cultivation bottleneck at level forty.
• Gu Yuena told Lin Xiuran to release more of his bloodline power, then began to clarify that they were not searching for an object.

Lin Xiuran was captured by a ten-thousand-year Gray-Headed Ice Hawk and carried into the Far North, where it protected him and brought him to a huge Ice Bird. A woman who sensed his bloodline arrived too late and chased after them, while the Ice Bird approached Lin Xiuran after hearing the hawk’s explanation.

• A ten-thousand-year Gray-Headed Ice Hawk appeared, seized Lin Xiuran, and carried him away despite his attempts to fight back.
• Gu Yuena sensed that the hawk had no clear intent to kill Lin Xiuran and told him to stay calm while they observed its behavior.
• A woman arrived at the site where Lin Xiuran had been taken and pursued the bloodline aura into the Far North.
• The Gray-Headed Ice Hawk shielded Lin Xiuran from the cold and brought him to a cave in the Far North’s core region.
• A huge Ice Bird emerged from the cave, regarded Lin Xiuran warily, and approached him after the Gray-Headed Ice Hawk cried out to her.

Lin Xiuran learned that the Ice Bird had brought him into the Far North because of his bloodline, but she chose to face her Ten Thousand Year Tribulation rather than harm him. The Ice Bird’s final lightning strike began as the Gray-Headed Ice Hawk watched helplessly from below.

• Lin Xiuran released his bloodline aura at Gu Yuena’s prompting, and the Ice Bird recognized it and promised not to harm him.
• Gu Yuena explained that the Gray-Headed Ice Hawk had brought Lin Xiuran to the Ice Bird, who carried a trace of Ice Phoenix bloodline and was unlikely to survive her approaching tribulation.
• The Ice Bird began her tribulation, filling the Far North with dark clouds, snow, and crushing pressure as Lin Xiuran felt anger at the thought that Soul Beasts could not become gods.
• Lightning repeatedly struck the Ice Bird, breaking through her defenses and wounding her as she fought on.
• After the final bolt overwhelmed her, the Ice Bird flew toward the next strike and took it head-on, while the Gray-Headed Ice Hawk was forced back by the pressure.

Lin Xiuran lost consciousness after the Ice Bird unleashed her final lightning strike, and Leng Yaozhu found him in the Far North and brought him to Shrek City. After sensing the powerful bloodline within his Martial Soul, Leng Yaozhu asked him to become her student.

• The Ice Bird sent her final lightning strike into Lin Xiuran, knocking him unconscious, then died after failing her Ten Thousand Year Tribulation.
• Leng Yaozhu arrived after the tribulation and took the unconscious Lin Xiuran back to Shrek City.
• Lin Xiuran woke in the Spirit Pagoda headquarters and learned that Leng Yaozhu, the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo, had found and rescued him.
• Leng Yaozhu asked to see Lin Xiuran's Martial Soul and sensed a bloodline that made her own tremble.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Lin Xiuran to become her student, saying she was especially suited to teach him.

After accepting Leng Yaozhu as his teacher, Lin Xiuran discovered that the Thunder Tribulation had awakened his Thunder Element with the Ice Bird’s help. He reflected on the Soul Beast’s sacrifice, then focused on cultivating his spiritual power and recovering from his injuries.

• Leng Yaozhu offered to take Lin Xiuran as her student, and he accepted despite being from Shrek Academy.
• Lin Xiuran sensed lightning in his palm and confirmed that he had awakened the Thunder Element.
• Gu Yuena explained that the Ice Bird, who carried Phoenix Bloodline, had endured the Thunder Tribulation to help him.
• Lin Xiuran felt a powerful sense of mission as he considered the Ice Bird’s final sacrifice, and Tang Wutong comforted him.
• Gu Yuena advised Lin Xiuran to cultivate his spiritual power, and he began regulating his lightning injuries with Soul Power.

After recovering at the Spirit Pagoda, Lin Xiuran returned to Shrek Academy, where Leng Yaozhu revealed her suspicions about his identity and potential. Back at the academy, Feng Wuyu pulled him into the Forging Room and saw him demonstrate his evolving hammer technique.

• Leng Yaozhu reluctantly let Lin Xiuran leave the Spirit Pagoda and told him to seek her out if he ran into trouble.
• Leng Yaozhu told her guard that Lin Xiuran might be connected to Leng Yu and that his Martial Soul and bloodline were unusually compatible with hers.
• Lin Xiuran returned to Shrek Academy's Inner Court and was immediately stopped by Feng Wuyu.
• Feng Wuyu dragged Lin Xiuran to his Forging Room to inspect his progress, despite Lin Xiuran wanting to visit Zhuo Shi first.
• Lin Xiuran forged rare metal with a hammer technique that blended the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer's principles into his own unpredictable style.

Lin Xiuran reached Second-Grade Spirit Refinement, impressing Feng Wuyu with his rapid forging progress, then returned to Sea God Island and reunited with Na'er. The chapter ended with them relaxing together beside the lake as dusk fell.

• Lin Xiuran demonstrated Second-Grade Spirit Refinement, and Feng Wuyu saw him as a future Godsmith.
• Lin Xiuran left Feng Wuyu’s workshop and met Zhuo Shi, who told him Wu Zhangkong had brought his students to Shrek Academy.
• Lin Xiuran realized Tang Wulin and the others had likely already settled into the academy after passing its entrance tests.
• Lin Xiuran found Na'er waiting outside Zhuo Shi’s cabin, and she said she had learned he was back by chance.
• Lin Xiuran and Na'er strolled along Sea God Island and chatted beside the lake at sunset.

Lin Xiuran reflected on Tang Wulin’s exceptional potential while spending a peaceful evening with Na’er. Ye Xinglan joined Tang Wulin’s first-year class, where she ignored Luo Guixing and faced Zheng Yiran’s challenge over the upcoming competition against the second years.

• Lin Xiuran asked Na’er how she had been and realized she probably had not met Tang Wulin, then reassured himself that he had nothing to fear from Tang Wulin’s destiny.
• Na’er encouraged Lin Xiuran to stop dwelling on unpleasant things, and the two talked beneath the moon until night fell.
• Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi transferred to First Year Class One as part of the Inner Court reforms, and Shen Yi invited them to join a team for the upcoming second-year competition.
• Ye Xinglan ignored Luo Guixing when he approached her and later spoke briefly with Tang Wulin, whom she knew through Lin Xiuran.
• Zheng Yiran mocked Tang Wulin’s chances of winning, and Tang Wulin challenged her to judge his team by its performance.

Lin Xiuran reunited with the former Zero Class students and dismissed the Teenage Prodigy List, provoking Zheng Yiran’s group. Wu Zhangkong arranged a five-on-three match for the following week between them and three Inner Court students.

• Zheng Yiran boasted that her five-person team included several members of the Teenage Prodigy List, and Ye Xinglan asked what the list was.
• Lin Xiuran arrived, reuniting with Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and the others after two years away.
• Ye Xinglan challenged Lin Xiuran over his Inner Court status, and he said he was stronger and still had to take assessments.
• Lin Xiuran and Ye Xinglan said they did not know the Teenage Prodigy List, and Ye Xinglan dismissed Zheng Yiran’s group by comparing them with the Continent Ranking List.
• Wu Zhangkong proposed a five-on-three match between Zheng Yiran’s group and Lin Xiuran, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi, and scheduled it for the following week.

Lin Xiuran reunited with Wu Zhangkong, discussed his cultivation and his mother, and accepted that he would have to uncover the truth over time. Meanwhile, Zhen Hua had taken Lin Xiuran as his disciple, leaving Mu Chen furious at having lost the chance.

• Wu Siduo challenged Lin Xiuran, who told her they could fight during the competition.
• Wu Zhangkong praised Lin Xiuran's level forty Soul Power and Fifth-Level Forging Master rank, then promised to investigate what he knew about Lin Xiuran's mother.
• Lin Xiuran sparred with Ye Xinglan and defeated her again, widening her sense of the gap between them.
• Mu Chen confronted Zhen Hua for taking Lin Xiuran as his disciple, and Zhen Hua teased him about already having another genius disciple.

Yue Zhengyu accused Yuanen and Lin Xiuran of being Evil Soul Masters and attacked Lin Xiuran, who defeated him with lightning. At the Dean’s Office, Yue Zhengyu repeated his accusations and learned that Yuanen was a class monitor and Lin Xiuran an Inner Court disciple.

• Lin Xiuran met Xie Xie and Yuanen at the Work-Study Dormitory.
• Yue Zhengyu arrived, accused Lin Xiuran and Yuanen of being Evil Soul Masters, and attacked Lin Xiuran with his Sacred Angel’s light.
• Lin Xiuran repelled Yue Zhengyu’s attack and knocked him unconscious with lightning.
• Old Cai questioned Yue Zhengyu at the Dean’s Office about fighting within Shrek Academy.
• Yue Zhengyu accused Yuanen and Lin Xiuran of plotting against him, and Old Cai told him their academy roles.

Yue Zhengyu accused Yuanen Yehui and Lin Xiuran of being Evil Soul Masters, but Zhuo Shi ruled that Yue Zhengyu was at fault and sentenced him to clean the Outer Court toilets for a week. Lin Xiuran returned to the Inner Court for spiritual training with Gu Yuena, still wondering why Yue Zhengyu had sensed something strange about him.

• Old Cai said Yuanen Yehui was not an Evil Soul Master and held Yue Zhengyu responsible for attacking her and accusing Lin Xiuran.
• Zhuo Shi sentenced Yue Zhengyu to clean every toilet in Shrek Academy's Outer Court for one week, and Yue Zhengyu accepted.
• Yuanen Yehui wondered at Lin Xiuran's strength, while Tang Wulin and the others arrived and heard how Yue Zhengyu had been punished.
• Lin Xiuran returned to the Inner Court, skipped his planned visit to the Forging Masters Association, and asked Gu Yuena whether he would control the darkness element.
• Gu Yuena said Phoenix did not control darkness and began teaching Lin Xiuran an advanced spiritual power training method.

Lin Xiuran asked Gu Yuena what she would do if he became her enemy in another world, and she said she would follow what her heart desired. At Shrek Academy, the three Inner Court disciples prepared to face five First Year Class One students in the Sparring Arena.

• Lin Xiuran asked Gu Yuena whether she would take his side if he became enemies with her counterpart, and she said she would stand with what her heart desired.
• Lin Xiuran noticed Yue Zhengyu among the spectators at the Sparring Arena, where the match between the Inner Court disciples and First Year Class One had drawn a crowd.
• Holy Spirit Douluo Yali took the referee's position and told Lin Xiuran to exercise restraint, prompting the Teenage Prodigy List students to worry that she expected them to lose.
• Wu Siduo and Yuanen Yehui watched Lin Xiuran closely, while Yue Zhengyu recalled his lingering injury from falling onto his backside.
• Wu Zhangkong ordered both sides to take the field.

Lin Xiuran and his teammates faced five members of the Teenage Prodigy List in a match, and Lin Xiuran’s four unusual Soul Rings unsettled their opponents. The battle began with Lin Xiuran breaking up the five-person formation, leaving Wu Siduo to charge ahead alone and face his elemental attacks.

• The five members of the Teenage Prodigy List revealed their Soul Rings, then saw Lin Xiuran reveal four differently colored rings and realized he was a formidable opponent.
• Wu Zhangkong started the match, and Yang Nianxia, Luo Guixing, Wu Siduo, Xu Yucheng, and Zheng Yiran advanced in a coordinated formation.
• Lin Xiuran raised ice walls that split the five opponents apart and disrupted their formation.
• At Lin Xiuran’s call, Xu Lizhi gave Bloodthirsty Red Bean Buns to Lin Xiuran and Ye Xinglan, who swallowed them before Ye Xinglan charged toward the rear.
• Wu Siduo rushed Lin Xiuran alone, dodged his fireballs, then activated White Tiger Vajra Shield to withstand his rain of Ice Spikes.

Lin Xiuran used his four-colored wings and elemental attacks to fend off Wu Siduo and Xu Yucheng while Ye Xinglan fought three opponents. After Lin Xiuran knocked Xu Yucheng from the arena, he unleashed a vast Icefire Storm toward Wu Siduo, Luo Guixing, and Zheng Yiran, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Lin Xiuran's Wind Bird Martial Soul transformed and blasted Wu Siduo back, while his awakened wings let him escape Xu Yucheng's scythe strike by flying into the air.
• Ye Xinglan held off Yang Nianxia, Zheng Yiran, and Luo Guixing with her Stargod Sword, then wounded Yang Nianxia with a powerful sword strike.
• Wu Siduo and Xu Yucheng turned their attacks toward Xu Lizhi, but Lin Xiuran flew to his side and struck Xu Yucheng with an Icefire Storm, knocking him from the Sparring Arena.
• Wu Siduo retreated as Lin Xiuran transformed his wings and gathered ice and fire elements into a massive storm that swept toward her, Luo Guixing, and Zheng Yiran.

Lin Xiuran and the other Inner Court students defeated Luo Guixing’s Class One team in the arena, overcoming Wu Siduo’s Hell White Tiger with Lin Xiuran’s Thunder Strength. The match ended with Luo Guixing retreating from the platform, leaving the Inner Court team as the clear victors.

• Luo Guixing evaded Lin Xiuran’s Icefire Storm with spatial transfer, while Zheng Yiran endured the attack and Wu Siduo remained on the platform.
• Wu Siduo transformed into her Hell White Tiger, the team’s last hope, as Luo Guixing expected it to defeat their opponents.
• Lin Xiuran ate Xu Lizhi’s buns, strengthened his aura, and met the charging Hell White Tiger with a powerful lightning strike.
• Lin Xiuran’s lightning defeated Wu Siduo, and Yali caught her as she fell from the blast.
• Ye Xinglan confronted the exhausted Luo Guixing, who shamefully retreated and conceded the match to Lin Xiuran’s team.