Chapter Summaries

After Lin Xiuran’s team defeated Wu Siduo and Zheng Yiran’s group, they went on to win the Class Selection Tournament. Na’er later told Lin Xiuran that Yun Ming’s strength had been sealed, and she agreed to teach him spear techniques before returning to Sea God Island.

• Lin Xiuran reassured Wu Siduo after the battle, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie traded taunts with Zheng Yiran’s group; Wu Siduo decided not to enter the Class Selection Tournament.
• Ye Xinglan asked Lin Xiuran if her sword moves were cool, and he praised her before claiming he was cooler.
• Zheng Yiran’s team advanced through the Class Selection Tournament without Wu Siduo but lost to Tang Wulin’s team.
• Na’er told Lin Xiuran that Yun Ming had been sealed to less than one-tenth of his original strength in a battle more than ten years earlier.
• Lin Xiuran asked Na’er to teach him spear techniques, and she agreed; after Ya Li summoned her, Na’er returned to Sea God Island and gazed intently at the lake.

Na'er reflected on her fragmented memories and her closeness to Lin Xiuran. At the Spirit Pagoda, Lin Xiuran became Leng Yaozhu's disciple and discussed the decline of the Soul Beasts with Guyue, who suspected he was criticizing Di Tian.

• Na'er remembered that she had felt an inexplicable bond with Lin Xiuran since they first met and decided to cherish their present closeness.
• Guyue arrived at Leng Yaozhu's laboratory and discovered that Lin Xiuran had become Leng Yaozhu's disciple, making him her junior brother.
• Leng Yaozhu left Guyue to teach Lin Xiuran about high-end Soul Spirits, then learned from her guard that Lin Xiuran was the Third Young Lady's child and turned her attention to the Xu Family in Eastsea.
• Guyue asked Lin Xiuran why Soul Beasts were nearing extinction, and he cited human population growth, hunting, greed, and Soul Beasts' inability to unite.
• When Lin Xiuran blamed the stupidity of Soul Beast leaders, Guyue assumed he meant Di Tian and failed to notice his probing gaze.

Lin Xiuran practiced Spiral Forging under Zhen Hua’s guidance and created a Living Alloy with Phoenix Truefire. The alloy achieved a fusion rate of 94 on his first attempt, astonishing Zhen Hua.

• Zhen Hua explained the difference between Lifeless Alloys and Living Alloys, then instructed Lin Xiuran to forge one using Spiral Forging.
• Lin Xiuran used Phoenix Truefire and twin hammers to fuse two rare metals, completing Thousand Refinements in less than thirty minutes.
• Lin Xiuran finished the alloy after another half hour without breaking a sweat, producing a smooth, oval metal piece glowing with vitality.
• Zhen Hua tested the alloy and found its fusion rate was 94.

Lin Xiuran impressed Zhen Hua with his forging potential, and Zhen Hua promised to forge him a spear. As Lin Xiuran continued training and designing Battle Armor, he attended class to hear the final examination announcement, which Shen Yi began to introduce.

• Zhen Hua praised Lin Xiuran's successful forging and offered to forge him a spear from the best metals.
• Lin Xiuran spent the following days traveling between Shrek Academy, the Spirit Pagoda, and the Forging Masters Association, while discussing Battle Armor designs with Ye Xinglan.
• Lin Xiuran, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi saw the Tang Sect recruiting graduating Outer Court students at Spirit Ice Plaza.
• Lin Xiuran joined his classmates as Shen Yi began announcing the final examination.

Shen Yi announced a harsh final exam that required the students to travel to Mingdu without supplies, defeat stronger opponents in ten cities, and return within fifteen days. Lin Xiuran faced an eighty-point passing requirement and could not transfer points, but he returned to the Inner Court to keep cultivating.

• Shen Yi explained that students could avoid elimination by passing or by receiving donated points, though donated points would hinder donors' chances of entering the Inner Court.
• Shen Yi assigned a fifteen-day solo journey to Mingdu through ten cities, requiring each student to defeat an opponent at least five cultivation levels stronger while traveling without money or personal resources.
• Shen Yi barred Lin Xiuran from transferring points and set his passing requirement at eighty points.
• Lin Xiuran left the classroom to cultivate, while Zheng Yiran criticized him and Yang Nianxia revealed that he was a Fifth-Level Forging Master.
• Wu Siduo felt she could not catch up to Lin Xiuran, who returned to the Inner Court and continued his training.

Leng Yaozhu confronted Cai Yue'er over Shrek Academy’s past treatment of the Leng Family and warned her to protect Guyue and Lin Xiuran. As the first-year students began their final examination, Lin Xiuran approached a quiet senior student to borrow her Soul Guidance Communication device, only to be interrupted by Mu Xi.

• Leng Yaozhu told Cai Yue'er that she would take Guyue back after graduation and would not tolerate Lin Xiuran being mistreated at Shrek Academy.
• Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi collected the students’ Storage Soul Guidance Devices before the first-year final examination began.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, Xu Lizhi, Guyue, Ye Xinglan, and Tang Wulin each set off to pursue their own plans for the examination.
• Lin Xiuran waited near the academy gates and asked a quiet senior student to lend him her Soul Guidance Communication device.
• Mu Xi recognized Lin Xiuran, shielded the quiet girl, and accused him of flirting with her; Lin Xiuran then realized Mu Xi was Mu Chen’s daughter.

Lin Xiuran traveled to Heaven Dou City to investigate the history of Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong, learning that Tang Wutong had rejected Huo Yuhao and left the Shrek Seven Monsters. In the Sea of Consciousness, Tang Wutong affirmed her right to choose her own life and revealed another identity to Gu Yuena: the Emperor Ruirui Beast.

• Mu Xi questioned the quiet girl for giving Lin Xiuran her Soul Guidance Communication, but the girl said she had been captivated by him.
• Lin Xiuran called Zhen Hua, received a high-altitude flying car, and set out for Heaven Dou City to continue his examination.
• Lin Xiuran visited Yuhao Grilled Fish and overheard tourists say that Tang Wutong had rejected Huo Yuhao and withdrawn from the Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Lin Xiuran realized that the history of ten thousand years ago differed from what he remembered, including Tang Wutong's absence from the Spirit Pagoda murals.
• Tang Wutong told Gu Yuena that she would not let her biological father dictate her life or use her as a tool to win people over.
• Tang Wutong told Gu Yuena that she was also the Emperor Ruirui Beast.

Lin Xiuran was ambushed by a powerful Evil Soul Master and nearly captured, but his Phoenix Truefire burned through the attacker’s skeletal hand. Mechas arrived at Tianhai Stadium to confront the threat as Lin Xiuran descended, exhausted but safe for the moment.

• Lin Xiuran sensed a pale man in a black baseball cap following him and tried to reach a crowded street.
• The man attacked Lin Xiuran with a skeletal hand, but Lin Xiuran used his Four Element Wings and Thunder Strength to escape and strike back.
• The attacker revealed seven Soul Rings and caught Lin Xiuran in a massive skeletal hand.
• Lin Xiuran drew on his bloodline to release Phoenix Truefire, which melted the hand holding him.
• Soul Guidance shells struck the attacker, and more than a dozen mechas arrived above Tianhai Stadium as Lin Xiuran descended to the ground.

Lin Xiuran was cornered by a Skeleton Soul Saint after the evil Soul Master overwhelmed the city’s mechas. As Lin Xiuran lost consciousness, golden light appeared in his eyes and a domineering power erupted from him.

• Four Purple Mechas arrived to protect Lin Xiuran and attacked the Skeleton Soul Saint while requesting reinforcements.
• The Skeleton Soul Saint turned into a skeletal giant with his Martial Soul Avatar and severely damaged one Purple Mecha.
• The Skeleton Soul Saint’s black mist disrupted the mechas, while his netherfire forced the remaining pilots to evade.
• The Skeleton Soul Saint broke through Lin Xiuran’s yellow-mecha guards, seized him, and examined him as Lin Xiuran failed to summon Phoenix Truefire.
• As Lin Xiuran’s consciousness faded, golden light flickered in his pupils and a powerful presence made the Skeleton Soul Saint feel as though he faced an abyss.

Wu Zhangkong arrived after Lin Xiuran collapsed from a strange transformation and fought the Skeleton Soul Sage to protect him. The Skeleton Soul Sage donned One-Word Battle Armor, and Wu Zhangkong began revealing his Heavenly Ice Battle Armor as the battle escalated.

• Lin Xiuran briefly transformed with a Nine-Colored Phoenix behind him, then lost consciousness as the Skeleton Soul Sage retreated in alarm.
• Wu Zhangkong arrived, examined Lin Xiuran, and attacked the Skeleton Soul Sage with his Skyfrost Sword Martial Soul True Body.
• Wu Zhangkong’s nine giant ice swords overwhelmed the Skeleton Soul Sage’s Skeleton Divine Fire, but the Skeleton Soul Sage survived and unleashed Skeleton, World Destruction.
• The Skeleton Soul Sage absorbed his black mist and formed One-Word Battle Armor, greatly increasing his strength.
• Wu Zhangkong invoked Heavenly Ice, merged his Skyfrost Sword into his body, and formed powerful white Battle Armor.

Wu Zhangkong used his Two-Word Battle Armor, Skyice, to drive off the Skeleton Soul Sage and protect the badly injured Lin Xiuran. Lin Xiuran regained consciousness in his Sea of Consciousness and wondered why the Evil Soul Master had targeted his Phoenix Bloodline, but Gu Yuena had no answer.

• Wu Zhangkong’s Two-Word Battle Armor overwhelmed the Skeleton Soul Sage, who used a secret technique to escape at great cost.
• Wu Zhangkong chose not to pursue the fleeing Skeleton Soul Sage and carried Lin Xiuran away as Heaven Dou City’s reinforcements arrived.
• Heaven Dou City’s officials let Wu Zhangkong leave with Lin Xiuran, recognizing his strength and likely connection to Shrek Academy.
• Lin Xiuran regained awareness in his Sea of Consciousness and learned from Gu Yuena that Wu Zhangkong had rescued him.
• Lin Xiuran asked Gu Yuena whether his Phoenix Bloodline explained why the Evil Soul Master had targeted him, but she said she did not know.

After recovering from his battle with the Skeleton Soul Sage, Lin Xiuran followed Wu Zhangkong to Heaven Dou Cemetery. There, Wu Zhangkong revealed that the woman buried in the cenotaph named Leng Yu was Lin Xiuran’s mother, though not his biological mother, and began to explain what he knew.

• Lin Xiuran recovered unusually quickly, and Wu Zhangkong told him the academy would handle the aftermath of the Evil Soul Master attack.
• Wu Zhangkong took Lin Xiuran from the city to Heaven Dou Cemetery and quietly cleaned Long Bing’s grave.
• Wu Zhangkong led Lin Xiuran to the cemetery’s cenotaph section and stopped at Leng Yu’s tombstone.
• Wu Zhangkong introduced Lin Xiuran to Leng Yu as her son and said she had chosen his name.
• Lin Xiuran asked whether Leng Yu was his biological mother, and Wu Zhangkong said she was his mother but not his biological mother before promising to explain.

Wu Zhangkong told Lin Xiuran how Leng Yu’s mutation, the Holy Spirit Cult’s invasion, and Long Bing’s death led to Leng Yu’s capture and eventual escape to Eastsea City. He left Lin Xiuran to seek the remaining answers about his identity and his mother’s past for himself.

• Wu Zhangkong revealed that Leng Yu had adopted Lin Xiuran after finding him in the Far North, despite opposition from Shrek Academy.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that Leng Yu’s Ice Phoenix Martial Soul mutated, after which she began losing control and was targeted in a Holy Spirit Cult invasion of Shrek Academy.
• Wu Zhangkong said the Holy Spirit Cult learned about Leng Yu through Long Bing, whose father was Dark Hummingbird, and that Leng Yu was taken along with Lin Xiuran before later escaping to Eastsea City.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that Leng Yu had been expelled from the Tang Sect by an official who suspected her of being an Evil Soul Master, which was why he had discouraged Lin Xiuran from joining.
• Lin Xiuran told Wu Zhangkong not to blame himself or Long Bing, and Wu Zhangkong said Lin Xiuran would have to investigate the unanswered questions himself.
• Wu Zhangkong and Lin Xiuran sat by the gravestone and talked until late at night about Leng Yu, Lin Xiuran’s past, and Wu Zhangkong’s own grief.

Lin Xiuran recovered from the Evil Soul Master attack and met Mu Ye, the Body Sect’s master, who asked for his help repairing a damaged God-level Mecha. Mu Ye suspected Lin Xiuran’s Phoenix Truefire could help and brought him to examine the mecha.

• Wu Zhangkong told Lin Xiuran to rest for another day before continuing his final exams, which would be protected by teachers.
• Zhen Hua visited Lin Xiuran, checked his recovery, and took him to the Forging Masters Association to meet an old friend.
• Mu Ye introduced himself as the Body Sect’s Sect Master and showed Lin Xiuran his damaged God-level Mecha, Little Red.
• Mu Ye replayed footage of Lin Xiuran using Phoenix Truefire to escape the Evil Soul Master’s grasp and asked about the flame.
• After hearing Lin Xiuran’s explanation, Mu Ye led him to Little Red, saying he believed Phoenix Truefire could have other uses.

Mu Ye converted Lin Xiuran’s Phoenix Truefire and used it to enhance his God-level Mecha, then suggested Lin Xiuran could become a Mecha Master. Zhen Hua objected because adding another profession could interfere with Lin Xiuran’s cultivation, and challenged Mu Ye about his own failure to reach Super Douluo.

• Mu Ye proposed converting Lin Xiuran’s Phoenix Truefire into energy for God-level Mechas, and Lin Xiuran lent him a small amount to test.
• Mu Ye used a soul-tool bottle to convert the flame and applied it to his God-level Mecha while Lin Xiuran and Zhen Hua waited outside.
• Zhen Hua advised Lin Xiuran to stay safe during the exam, which he planned to leave for the next day with Teacher Wu and other academy teachers.
• Mu Ye reported that the mecha’s energy capacity had increased by thirty percent and its combat performance was expected to improve by at least ten percent.
• Mu Ye suggested Lin Xiuran was suited to becoming a Mecha Master, but Zhen Hua objected and warned that pursuing two professions could hinder Lin Xiuran’s cultivation.

Lin Xiuran agreed to consider learning mecha-related skills despite Zhen Hua’s warning that it could hinder his cultivation and forging. Mu Ye then served him rare Red Jade Shrimp to strengthen his blood vitality, and Lin Xiuran began eating after a voice in his mind urged him to eat as much as he could.

• Zhen Hua warned Lin Xiuran that studying mechas could delay his cultivation and forging, while Mu Ye argued that it could help him become the continent’s strongest person.
• Lin Xiuran decided that learning about mechas was worth considering, and Mu Ye promised the Body Sect would support him.
• Lin Xiuran asked whether his Phoenix Truefire could repair mechas, and Zhen Hua revealed that Mu Ye had used that claim to seek his help.
• Mu Ye served Lin Xiuran rare Red Jade Shrimp from the Blood Sea Trench, explaining that they could greatly improve his blood vitality but were dangerous to eat in excess.
• A voice in Lin Xiuran’s mind told him to eat without worry, so he picked up a shrimp and began eating.

Lin Xiuran rapidly absorbed the energy in rare foods before Wu Zhangkong brought him to watch Shrek Academy's match against Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in Mingdu. The match grew more dangerous as Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy unleashed its third and strongest Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Lin Xiuran ate six Red Jade Shrimp and then finished the remaining Moonlight Rice and Earth Dragon Tendon as his body rapidly absorbed their energy.
• Back at the hotel, Lin Xiuran fell asleep while Gu Yuena explained that his bloodline was digesting the energy from the food.
• Wu Zhangkong brought Lin Xiuran to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's Great Soul Arena, where Tang Wulin and five others were fighting six opponents.
• Shen Yi warned Wu Zhangkong that Shrek Academy faced heavy public pressure, but he said he trusted his students and would accept responsibility if they lost.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy used its third Martial Soul Fusion Skill, combining Xue Liushuang and Weng Daimin into a powerful blue-dressed woman as the spectators cheered.

After Shrek Academy’s six first-year students defeated Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Wu Zhangkong challenged the rival academy to send its strongest student under eighteen against Lin Xiuran. Lin Xiuran accepted and learned that his opponent was the Teenage Prodigy List’s number one.

• Guyue and Tang Wulin used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to help Shrek Academy defeat Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
• Wu Zhangkong provoked the defeated academy and offered it a one-on-one rematch, then pushed Lin Xiuran forward to represent Shrek.
• Lin Xiuran agreed to face Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy’s strongest student under eighteen, while Wu Zhangkong warned him that she was formidable.
• Xie Xie, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi told Lin Xiuran that his opponent was a publicly recognized prodigy ranked first on the Teenage Prodigy List.

Lin Xiuran prepared to face Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy’s top under-eighteen competitor, Lin Qianni, in a highly anticipated match. The referee started the match after outlining its rules, leaving both opponents facing each other in the arena.

• Ye Xinglan asked Lin Xiuran about his injuries, and he said they were not serious enough to keep him from competing.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Lin Xiuran that her Star Wheel had mutated into a power-type control Martial Soul, and he said the change was not bad.
• Lin Xiuran and Lin Qianni entered the crowded arena as the spectators cheered for her.
• The referee explained that the match would continue until one side was defeated, stopping only to prevent severe injury, disability, or death.
• The referee ordered both competitors to retreat one hundred meters, then announced the start of the match.

Lin Qianni and Lin Xiuran fought to a standstill, with Lin Xiuran’s spear revealing a strange power that weakened her on contact. The match escalated when both revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, leaving the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy’s officials stunned by Lin Xiuran’s four differently colored rings.

• Lin Qianni broke through Lin Xiuran’s ice walls and struck him across the arena, but he countered with a sand tornado and met her charge with his spear.
• Lin Xiuran infused his spear with golden flames, and its contact with Lin Qianni weakened her strength and vitality, forcing her to retreat.
• Lin Qianni and Lin Xiuran exchanged lightning attacks, then agreed to fight with everything they had.
• Lin Qianni revealed her five-ring Soul King cultivation and her blue-violet Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Lin Xiuran revealed four Soul Rings in green, red, blue, and purple, stunning the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy’s higher-ups.