Chapter Summaries

Long Yuan awakened a weak Illusory Dragon martial soul but discovered he could draw power from Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline through touch. On the first day at Red Mountain Academy, Long Yuan’s martial soul triggered Tang Wulin’s strange symptoms again.

• Long Yuan awakened an illusory Dragon martial soul with level-three Innate Soul Power and was adopted by Lin Ximeng.
• Long Yuan helped Tang Wulin when the Golden Dragon King bloodline caused him to collapse, then accidentally drew some of that bloodline into himself.
• Long Yuan learned that drawing on Tang Wulin’s bloodline strengthened his body, Soul Power, Spiritual Power, and perception.
• Long Yuan and Tang Wulin introduced themselves, and Long Yuan repeatedly touched Tang Wulin’s forehead before Tang Wulin returned to his parents.
• On the first day at Red Mountain Academy, Long Yuan introduced his Illusory Dragon martial soul to the class, causing Tang Wulin’s blood to flow faster.

After discovering a strange connection between his Illusory Dragon Martial Soul and Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline, Long Yuan met the lost Na’er and rescued her from young men trying to abduct her. He led the frightened, hungry girl toward his home.

• Long Yuan noticed that his Illusory Dragon Martial Soul seemed to draw toward Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline, and he resolved to help Tang Wulin if the boy’s condition returned.
• Long Yuan attended lessons on Soul Master basics and meditation before leaving school alone.
• Long Yuan spotted Na’er and rushed to stop several young men from grabbing her, driving them away by releasing his Martial Soul.
• Long Yuan introduced himself to Na’er and asked about her family, but she could not explain where she came from.
• After hearing Na’er’s stomach growl, Long Yuan took her hand and led her toward home despite her fear.

Long Yuan brought the lost Na'er home, where Lin Ximeng welcomed her and later adopted her after they failed to find her parents. Long Yuan decided Na'er would be his future wife, while her familiarity with the golden aura around him remained unexplained.

• Long Yuan brought Na'er to his apartment, helped her feel safe, and shared cake and other food with her.
• Lin Ximeng returned home, was overjoyed when Long Yuan called her Mom, and learned how he had rescued Na'er from thugs.
• Na'er said she was five and a half but could not remember her parents, so Lin Ximeng agreed to help find them and let her stay temporarily.
• After Na'er bathed, Long Yuan admired her beauty and decided she would be his future wife; that night, Na'er sensed a familiar aura from his room as he meditated.
• Lin Ximeng failed to find Na'er's family and completed her adoption, and Long Yuan happily welcomed the chance to live with her.

Long Yuan discovered that releasing his Dragon Martial Soul drew the Golden Dragon King Bloodline from Tang Wulin, strengthening Long Yuan while easing Tang Wulin’s symptoms. After two and a half years of doing this, Long Yuan’s Martial Soul solidified into a White Dragon, he gained a Pale Gold Blood Essence Soul Ring, and his Soul Power reached level eleven.

• Long Yuan decided to pursue forging and spent the night cultivating before Tang Wulin asked why Long Yuan’s Martial Soul made him feel ill.
• Long Yuan released his Martial Soul, triggering Tang Wulin’s pain and golden markings, then drew out some of Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline to restore him.
• Long Yuan offered to treat Tang Wulin after school, and Tang Wulin agreed; Long Yuan later dreamed that he was both the Golden Dragon King and himself.
• Over the next two and a half years, Long Yuan drew out Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline almost every day, and his Martial Soul completely solidified into a White Dragon.
• Long Yuan condensed a Pale Gold Blood Essence Soul Ring with four abilities, reached Soul Power level eleven, and considered whether he could also gain Soul Rings through a Soul Spirit.

Long Yuan absorbed the remaining Golden Dragon King Bloodline from Tang Wulin, curing him and drawing Tang San’s attention in the God Realm. He then returned to Mang Tian Workshop to seek an apprenticeship and was led inside to take the assessment.

• Long Yuan arrived at Mang Tian Workshop and found Tang Wulin suffering another Golden Dragon King Bloodline episode, so he drew the bloodline into himself until both boys collapsed.
• After they woke, Long Yuan released his White Dragon Martial Soul again, and Tang Wulin no longer had an abnormal reaction or any Golden Dragon King Bloodline left to transfer.
• Long Yuan concluded that he had absorbed the bloodline completely and that Tang Wulin’s recurring illness had been cured.
• Tang San sensed the bloodline’s disappearance and planned to ask his father to watch over Tang Wulin, while Xiao Wu objected that gods should not interfere in the lower realm.
• Long Yuan returned to Mang Tian Workshop, where a burly worker welcomed him and led him inside to take the apprentice assessment.

Long Yuan visited Mang Tian Workshop to try forging and learned that Tang Wulin had not suffered another Golden Dragon King Bloodline episode since Long Yuan helped him. Mang Tian set Long Yuan a hammer-striking assessment, and the chapter ended as Long Yuan rapidly struck the metal block and the counter climbed.

• Long Yuan told Tang Wulin he wanted to try forging, and Tang Wulin said Long Yuan could ask him for help if he passed the assessment.
• Tang Wulin thanked Long Yuan for ending his painful episodes, and Long Yuan concluded the Golden Dragon King Bloodline had left Tang Wulin's body.
• A workshop attendant learned Long Yuan was eight years old with Rank Eleven Soul Power and brought him to Mang Tian for an assessment.
• Mang Tian asked Long Yuan to strike a metal block one thousand times with two heavy hammers, then assumed Long Yuan had failed when he struggled to lift one.
• Long Yuan began striking the block, and Mang Tian heard the blows continuing as the counter rapidly increased.

Long Yuan demonstrated astonishing strength by hammering two metal blocks until they broke, leaving Mang Tian desperate to keep him in the forge. Mang Tian dragged Long Yuan back inside despite his failure to reach the required thousand strikes.

• Mang Tian returned to the Forging Room when Long Yuan began hammering, but grew disappointed when Long Yuan stopped at five hundred strikes.
• Long Yuan explained that he had nearly smashed the first metal block apart, and Mang Tian rushed over in shock at the damage.
• Mang Tian replaced the ruined block and urged Long Yuan to continue; Long Yuan's first blow flattened the new block by around three centimeters.
• Long Yuan hammered until the second block shattered at 456 strikes, then started to leave, saying he had failed Mang Tian's test.
• Mang Tian hurried after Long Yuan and dragged him back into the Forging Room because he recognized his exceptional strength.

Long Yuan passed Mang Tian’s forging assessment and became his Personal Disciple, then returned home to share the news with Lin Ximeng and Na’er. The chapter ended with the three of them enjoying a warm family dinner.

• Mang Tian accepted Long Yuan as his Personal Disciple after seeing his strength and forging potential.
• Mang Tian taught Long Yuan forging basics and began guiding him through practical training.
• Long Yuan discovered that the Golden Dragon King Bloodline helped restore and strengthen his body as he forged.
• Na’er welcomed Long Yuan home, hugged him, and playfully bit his neck.
• Long Yuan told Lin Ximeng that Mang Tian had accepted him as a disciple, and she celebrated his success.
• Long Yuan, Na’er, and Lin Ximeng shared food and finished dinner together.

A year later, Long Yuan continued to outpace Tang Wulin in cultivation and forging, while agreeing to accompany him to buy a Soul Spirit. After earning their wages at Mang Tian Workshop, both boys had enough money for the purchase and planned to go together the next day.

• Tang Wulin asked Long Yuan how he had reached Soul Power level fourteen and asked him to accompany him to buy a Soul Spirit now that Tang Wulin had reached level ten.
• Long Yuan agreed, explaining that he had already become a Soul Master through the Golden Dragon Body Blood Essence Soul Ring rather than by buying a Soul Spirit.
• Long Yuan met Na'er after school, carried her to the Snack Street, and took her home after she said she repaid his kindness by hugging him.
• Long Yuan forged the tasks Mang Tian had assigned him, while Brother Long remarked that the nine-year-old's workload and skill were catching up to his own.
• Mang Tian inspected Long Yuan's work and paid him for the previous month, leaving him with enough money to buy a Soul Spirit.
• Tang Wulin also received his wages and was excited that he could finally afford a Soul Spirit to buy with Long Yuan the next day.

Long Yuan accompanied Lin Ximeng and his classmates to the Spirit Pagoda to obtain Soul Spirits, while keeping his cultivation and other secrets from her. His spiritual power tested at an astonishing 90 points, and a Soul Master led him to choose a Soul Spirit after regretting that Long Yuan’s Innate Soul Power was only rank three.

• Lin Ximeng took Long Yuan and the other students who had reached level ten to the Spirit Pagoda to purchase Soul Spirits.
• Long Yuan paid for his Spiritual Power Test before Lin Ximeng could, keeping his job at Mang Tian Workshop secret from her.
• The Soul Master tested Long Yuan’s spiritual power twice, and both readings reached 90 points.
• The Soul Master confirmed the device was working and praised Long Yuan’s spiritual power, then learned his Innate Soul Power was rank three.
• The Soul Master gave Long Yuan his test report and led him to choose a Soul Spirit.

Long Yuan chose an unusual water snake soul spirit, which transformed into a Water Dragon during fusion and granted him Water Element Control and a stronger-than-expected soul ring. After returning home, he reassured Na'er and Lin Ximeng, then gave his mother the Federal Coins he had earned at Mang Tian Workshop.

• Long Yuan selected a water snake soul spirit that had tiny horns, and he imagined it might someday evolve into a water dragon.
• At home, Long Yuan fused with the water snake as golden patterns spread across him and transformed it into a Water Dragon.
• Long Yuan gained Water Element Control, discovered his ten-year soul ring had become a yellow hundred-year ring, and showed that he could shape water into a Water Dragon or Ice Sword.
• Na'er and Lin Ximeng welcomed Long Yuan after his successful fusion, and the three shared dinner together.
• Long Yuan gave Lin Ximeng twenty thousand Federal Coins he had earned at Mang Tian Workshop, then offered her more of his savings.

Long Yuan revealed his level-fifteen soul power, evolved White Dragon Martial Soul, and water-control Soul Skill to Lin Ximeng, delighting her. The next morning, Na'er had left after remembering her identity and returning to her family, leaving Long Yuan grieving over her goodbye note.

• Long Yuan showed Lin Ximeng his level-fifteen soul power and White Dragon Martial Soul, and explained that he believed they had changed after he fused with a spirit soul.
• Long Yuan demonstrated his water-control Soul Skill, forming a water dragon and an ice-and-snow sword, while Lin Ximeng praised him and Na'er cheered.
• As they watched the stars, Na'er asked Long Yuan whether he would miss her if she left, and he promised he would.
• Na'er fell asleep beside Long Yuan, asked him to stay with her, and the two of them drifted off in her room.
• Long Yuan woke to find Na'er gone and read her note explaining that her memories had returned and her family had taken her away.

Na'er left Long Yuan and Lin Ximeng after recovering her memories, while Tang Hao and Ah Yin secretly awakened Tang Wulin’s Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. At Red Mountain Academy, Long Yuan received a recommendation for intermediate school, and Mang Tian began teaching him and Tang Wulin Thousand Forging after Long Yuan’s strength test astonished them.

• Na'er left a farewell note, and Long Yuan and Lin Ximeng grieved while she watched them from across the street with gifts from her adoptive family.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin visited Tang Wulin’s dormitory, gave him a Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, awakened his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul and bloodline, and passed Clear Sky Sect techniques into his mind.
• Tang Wulin woke to discover his new martial soul and stronger physique, then headed to the academy.
• Lin Ximeng gave Long Yuan a recommendation letter for intermediate academy, and Long Yuan and Tang Wulin learned that Mang Tian would continue teaching them forging in Eastsea City.
• Mang Tian tested the boys’ striking force: Tang Wulin reached 350 kilograms with his left hand and 401 with his right, while Long Yuan reached 750 and 811 kilograms.
• Impressed by Long Yuan’s strength, Mang Tian brought both boys into the Forging Room and began teaching them Thousand Forging.

Long Yuan and Tang Wulin learned Thousand Tempering from Mang Tian and each forged a Blood-Sacrificed piece of Sinking Silver, though Long Yuan finished faster and produced a better result. They later made their own Thousand-Tempered hammers, and Long Yuan’s hammer revealed a powerful Triple Iterative Hammer effect.

• Mang Tian explained Thousand Tempering and gave Long Yuan and Tang Wulin pieces of Sinking Silver to forge.
• Long Yuan completed Thousand Tempering in a little over two hours, and Mang Tian performed a Blood Sacrifice on his metal.
• Tang Wulin completed Thousand Tempering after six hours and fainted, so Mang Tian carried him back.
• Mang Tian explained that Thousand Tempering gave metal life and that each first Thousand-Tempered work had to undergo a Blood Sacrifice.
• After graduating, Long Yuan and Tang Wulin forged their own Thousand-Tempered Heavy Silver hammers, and Long Yuan’s hammer displayed the Triple Iterative Hammer effect.

Mang Tian gave Long Yuan and Tang Wulin Sunken Silver Rings and warned Tang Wulin to hide his Forging Hammers before they left for Eastsea City. The boys enrolled at Eastsea Academy and were assigned to the same class and Dormitory 205, where one roommate immediately ordered them to clean.

• Mang Tian told Long Yuan to master the Iterative Hammer and urged Tang Wulin to work harder and conceal his Forging Hammers.
• Mang Tian gave each boy a Sunken Silver Ring, and they stored their Thousand-Tempered Tungsten Steel Hammers inside.
• Long Yuan and Tang Wulin arrived in Eastsea City and met Liu Yu Xin while registering for Eastsea Academy.
• Liu Yu Xin was astonished by Tang Wulin's Level 11 Blue Silver Grass and Long Yuan's Level 15 White Dragon Soul Power.
• Long Yuan and Tang Wulin enrolled, received the same class and dormitory assignment, and introduced themselves in Dormitory 205.
• One of their roommates pointed at the floor and ordered Long Yuan and Tang Wulin to clean the dorm.

When Zhou Changxi bullied Tang Wulin and Long Yuan in their dorm, Long Yuan retaliated by throwing Zhou Changxi and another student out the window. At Eastsea Academy, Long Hengxu punished the students involved and ordered them to remain in Class Five.

• Zhou Changxi ordered Tang Wulin to clean, then dumped Tang Wulin's belongings onto the floor and mocked him.
• Zhou Changxi scattered Long Yuan's belongings and kicked his backpack, prompting Long Yuan to punch Zhou Changxi through the dormitory window.
• A black-tracksuit youth trampled Tang Wulin's belongings, so Long Yuan lifted him, slapped him, and threw him through the window onto Zhou Changxi.
• Long Hengxu questioned Zhou Changxi, Yun Xiao, the Arrogant Youth, Tang Wulin, and Long Yuan about the dormitory fight.
• Long Hengxu assigned Zhou Changxi and the Arrogant Youth to Class Five and told Long Yuan to stay there, warning him not to use such excessive force again.

Long Yuan and Tang Wulin visited the Forging Masters Association to take a blacksmith rank assessment with Master Cen Yue. Master Cen was stunned when he saw that both boys were only nine years old.

• Long Hengxu kept Yun Xiao and Tang Wulin in Class Five and ordered each dormitory member to pay part of the repair costs.
• Long Yuan made Xie Xie and Zhou Changxi clean the dormitory and replace the dirty bedding, then the group went to the cafeteria.
• Long Yuan ate a hundred steamed buns and five bowls of vegetable soup, astonishing the cafeteria and setting an eating record.
• Long Yuan and Tang Wulin went to the Forging Masters Association and asked to see Master Cen Yue for their assessments.
• Master Cen Yue brought them to a testing room, where he and the workshop members reacted with surprise to their ages on the registration forms.

Long Yuan and Tang Wulin took forging assessments at the Forging Association, where Long Yuan’s exceptional skill earned him Third-Level Forging Master status. Tang Wulin passed the Second-Level assessment, and the two left the association with their forging careers advancing at very different speeds.

• Master Cen confirmed that Long Yuan and Tang Wulin were both under nine and led them to separate test rooms for their assessments.
• Long Yuan and Tang Wulin chose Sinking Silver and forged it for an hour; Mu Chen arrived with Mu Xi and discovered the boys’ ages while listening to their work.
• Tang Wulin purified his Sinking Silver beyond Hundred Refinements and passed the initial assessment, while Long Yuan purified his beyond Thousand Forging.
• Cen Yue had them forge medium-sized components; Tang Wulin qualified as a Second-Level Forging Master, and Long Yuan was invited to attempt the third-level assessment.
• Long Yuan passed the Third-Level assessment, and he and Tang Wulin left the association with Tang Wulin marveling at Long Yuan’s achievement.

At Eastsea Academy, Tang Wulin, Long Yuan, Xie Xie, Zhou Changxi, and Yun Xiao were assigned to Class Five, where they met their homeroom teacher, Wu Zhangkong. After class, Long Yuan fought Xie Xie and Zhou Changxi together in Eastsea Park, showing off his Water Element Control and Golden Dragon Claw.

• Tang Wulin, Long Yuan, Zhou Changxi, Xie Xie, and Yun Xiao were assigned to Class Five and met their homeroom teacher, Wu Zhangkong.
• Zhou Changxi and Xie Xie challenged Long Yuan to a spar at Eastsea Park, and Long Yuan told them to attack him together.
• Long Yuan released his White Dragon Martial Soul, whose roar briefly made Zhou Changxi hesitate through bloodline suppression.
• Long Yuan used Water Element Control to form water and ice barriers that stopped Xie Xie's attacks and repelled Zhou Changxi's punch.
• Long Yuan struck Xie Xie with an ice dragon, then used his Golden Dragon Claw to send him flying and leave claw marks across his chest.

Long Yuan defeated Xie Xie and Zhou Changxi, then agreed to fight Xie Xie again for a Class A Meal. In Wu Zhangkong’s first class, the students began actual combat, and Long Yuan faced Zhou Changxi.

• Long Yuan showed the Dragon Scales and claws on his hand after sending Xie Xie flying, while Zhou Changxi and Xie Xie asked about his Soul Skills and he kept them secret.
• The dorm residents returned to their room and meditated peacefully, but Xie Xie challenged Long Yuan again over breakfast the next morning.
• Xie Xie offered to pay for a Class A Meal if Long Yuan fought him, and Long Yuan accepted; Tang Wulin also tried to get a meal from Xie Xie but was rejected.
• Wu Zhangkong led Class Five to the Training Field and announced that the students would fight in actual combat, with each loss resulting in elimination.
• Wu Zhangkong called Long Yuan and Zhou Changxi to fight first and ordered them to defeat each other by any means necessary.