Chapter Summaries

Long Yuan advanced through the class’s combat exercises using his White Dragon Martial Soul and Water Element Control, defeating Zhou Changxi and Li Chushui without relying on brute force. He faced Han Lan in the final match and let her trap him in a Stone Prison, hoping to test her abilities and conceal some of his own strength.

• Zhou Changxi used his Great Strength Divine Ape Martial Soul against Long Yuan, but Long Yuan knocked him down with a Water Dragon and Wu Zhangkong eliminated him.
• Tang Wulin fought Xie Xie with his Blue Silver Grass, but Xie Xie cut through the vines and defeated him; Tang Wulin wondered whether he should have used his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Long Yuan used Mystic Ice Dragon Flight to contain Li Chushui, and Wu Zhangkong declared her eliminated after she failed to break through.
• Han Lan trapped Long Yuan inside a Stone Prison in the final match, while Long Yuan chose not to escape immediately so he could assess her and hide some of his strength.

Long Yuan defeated Han Lan, and Wu Zhangkong assigned him and Xie Xie to represent Class Five in the Class Advancement Tournament. After collecting their forging badges, Long Yuan and Tang Wulin encountered Mu Xi, who remained frustrated that two nine-year-olds had passed the Second-Level Forging Master assessment before her.

• Long Yuan broke Han Lan's Stone Prison with Mystic Ice Dragon Flight and won their match.
• Wu Zhangkong ordered the class to begin daily physical training and scolded Long Yuan and Xie Xie for holding back their abilities.
• Wu Zhangkong explained the Class Advancement Tournament and chose Long Yuan and Xie Xie to challenge other classes together.
• Most of the students learned the academy's advanced meditation technique during the afternoon class.
• Long Yuan received a Third-Level Forging Master Badge, while Tang Wulin received a Second-Level badge.
• Mu Xi hurried into the Forging Masters Association, still upset that Long Yuan and Tang Wulin had passed the Second-Level assessment at age nine.

Long Yuan and Tang Wulin met Forging Masters Association President Mu Chen, who confirmed their record-breaking forging assessments and awarded them their badges. Mu Xi, shocked that Long Yuan had passed the Third-Level assessment at nine, demanded a forging contest, but Mu Chen stopped her as the boys left to accept a mission.

• Yun Xiaoling brought Long Yuan and Tang Wulin to meet President Mu Chen, who praised their record-breaking forging achievements.
• Mu Xi recognized the boys as the young forging masters and was stunned to learn Long Yuan had passed the Third-Level assessment at age nine.
• Mu Xi challenged Long Yuan and Tang Wulin to a forging contest, especially wanting to compete with Long Yuan.
• Mu Chen presented Tang Wulin with a Second-Level Forging Master Badge and Long Yuan with a Third-Level Forging Master Badge.
• Long Yuan and Tang Wulin left with Cen Yue to accept a mission, and Mu Chen rebuked Mu Xi when she tried to stop them.

Long Yuan and Tang Wulin accepted forging missions before Mu Xi challenged them to compete, while Wu Zhangkong put Long Yuan and Xie Xie through grueling training. Long Yuan then helped Gu Yue seek enrollment, and her test against Xie Xie began with her deflecting his attack and striking back with fire.

• Master Cen Yue explained the forging mission rules, then helped Long Yuan and Tang Wulin accept missions and gave them storage rings and Soul Guidance Communicators.
• Mu Xi confronted Long Yuan and Tang Wulin on their way to class and challenged them to a forging competition, but Long Yuan refused to be intimidated and went to class.
• Wu Zhangkong made Long Yuan and Xie Xie run ten laps wearing heavy iron garments, and both completed the training despite their exhaustion.
• Long Yuan met Gu Yue near the school gate and brought her to Wu Zhangkong to ask about enrolling at Eastsea Academy.
• Wu Zhangkong offered Gu Yue an enrollment test by setting her against Xie Xie, who recovered his strength before the duel began.
• Xie Xie charged Gu Yue with his Light Dragon Dagger, but Gu Yue used azure light to deflect his strike and sent a fireball toward him.

Gu Yue fought Xie Xie to prove herself and revealed that her martial soul was Elementalist, capable of controlling six elements. Wu Zhangkong admitted her to Class Five and summoned her, Long Yuan, and Xie Xie to his office after dinner, while Tang Wulin worried that Wu Zhangkong had overlooked him.

• Xie Xie attacked Gu Yue with his Light Dragon Blade, but she countered with elemental abilities and blinded him with a burst of white light.
• Wu Zhangkong stopped the fight, declared Gu Yue the winner, and told Xie Xie that Gu Yue had been behind him while he swung his daggers.
• Gu Yue showed Wu Zhangkong her recommendation letter and explained that her Elementalist martial soul controlled six elements, though she could not strengthen them with Soul Rings.
• Wu Zhangkong accepted Gu Yue into First Grade Class Five and ordered her, Long Yuan, and Xie Xie to meet him after dinner.
• Wu Zhangkong made Xie Xie return to running, and Gu Yue asked Long Yuan why he trained with iron chains.
• Tang Wulin felt frustrated that Wu Zhangkong had not noticed his potential because he had not used his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul.

Wu Zhangkong began special combat training for Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie to prepare them for the Class Advancement Tournament. After seeing their teamwork, he chose all three to compete, and Gu Yue invited Long Yuan for a walk.

• Wu Zhangkong took Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie to a training ground and announced nightly actual-combat training.
• Wu Zhangkong challenged the three to attack him together without using his martial soul or Soul Skills.
• Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie coordinated their attacks, eventually freezing and breaking Wu Zhangkong's wooden sword.
• Wu Zhangkong praised their performance and decided all three would compete in the Class Advancement Tournament.
• Wu Zhangkong asked Long Yuan about his Water Element Control Soul Skill, and Long Yuan said he had strength-based attack methods to show another time.
• Gu Yue invited Long Yuan to take a walk so she could talk to him.

Long Yuan met with Gu Yuena, whose bloodline reacted strongly to his White Dragon Martial Soul, and they agreed to spar in the future. After their class spiritual power tests, Xie Xie learned that Long Yuan was a nine-year-old Third-Level Forging Master and was stunned.

• Gu Yuena invited Long Yuan to the lake and said his martial soul and presence made her feel a strange familiarity.
• Long Yuan released his White Dragon Martial Soul, causing both his and Gu Yuena's dragon bloodlines to react before he withdrew it.
• Long Yuan and Gu Yuena agreed to spar, then went their separate ways.
• Wu Zhangkong tested the students' spiritual power; Gu Yue and Long Yuan reached the Spirit Connection Realm, while Xie Xie scored far lower.
• Xie Xie asked about Long Yuan's forging ability, and Long Yuan revealed he was a Third-Level Forging Master, shocking Xie Xie and Gu Yue.

Long Yuan and Tang Wulin trained in forging under Mang Tian while Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie prepared for the Class Advancement Tournament. The tournament began with First Grade Class Five challenging First Grade Class Four, whose teacher chose three competitors dismissively.

• Long Yuan and Tang Wulin visited Mang Tian, completed Long Yuan’s forging task, and agreed to produce one Thousand-Tempered item each month to use his workshop.
• Over two months, Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie improved their teamwork and Soul Power while Wu Zhangkong trained them through daily combat and challenged them to defeat Fourth Grade Class One.
• Wu Zhangkong led First Grade Class Five to the tournament, where they faced First Grade Class Four in the opening match.
• Long Hengxu confirmed that Class Five would field three competitors, and Kong Hanwen selected three students, claiming his class could beat Class Five regardless of whom he chose.

First Grade Class Five defeated First Grade Class Four in the Class Advancement Tournament, with Long Yuan, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue winning in under ten seconds. After Wu Zhangkong dismissed them, Xie Xie invited Long Yuan and Gu Yue to Snack Street to celebrate.

• Long Hengxu started the first match between First Grade Class Four and First Grade Class Five as both teams released their Martial Souls.
• Xie Xie rushed past Jialong to target the support fighter Lin Zunyuan, while Mosi pursued him and Gu Yue attacked Mosi.
• Long Yuan summoned his Mystic Frost Giant Dragon and knocked Jialong more than ten meters, while Xie Xie struck Lin Zunyuan and Gu Yue drove Mosi back.
• Long Hengxu stopped the match and declared First Grade Class Five the winner, then reminded them they would challenge First Grade Class Three the next day.
• Xie Xie invited Long Yuan to go out, and Gu Yue insisted on joining them; the three went to Snack Street near the academy.

Xie Xie, Long Yuan, and Gu Yuena enjoyed a meal at Uncle Li’s restaurant, where Xie Xie opened up about his mother’s death. After they left, they discovered that Guang Long and his men had wrecked the shop and beaten Uncle Li, and Xie Xie stepped in to defend him.

• Xie Xie took Long Yuan and Gu Yuena to Uncle Li’s restaurant, where they ate Stewed Beef in Clay Pot and Uncle Li welcomed them warmly.
• Long Yuan teased Xie Xie about his name, prompting Xie Xie to tell them how his mother had died without seeing his busy father again.
• Uncle Li explained that Xie Xie often visited alone after his mother’s death, and the three friends later ate their way along Snack Street.
• Gu Yuena noticed a commotion near Uncle Li’s shop, where they found the stove overturned, the clay pots smashed, and Uncle Li injured.
• Guang Long demanded protection money and refused to spare Uncle Li despite his sick wife, then kicked over the stove again.
• Xie Xie rushed to help Uncle Li and challenged Guang Long for bullying an ordinary person.

Xie Xie confronted Guang Long for bullying Uncle Li, but Guang Long revealed his two Soul Rings and overpowered him. Long Yuan and Gu Yue joined Xie Xie, and the three attacked Light Dragon together as the fight escalated.

• Xie Xie knocked Guang Long back and demanded that he apologize to Uncle Li and pay for the damage.
• Xie Xie held the Light Dragon Dagger to Guang Long’s throat, but Guang Long broke free and revealed himself as a level-twenty-seven Soul Grandmaster with two Soul Rings.
• Gu Yue asked Long Yuan whether they should help Xie Xie, and Long Yuan chose to wait until Xie Xie needed them.
• Light Dragon used his Ironclad Dragon Body skill and drove Xie Xie back, so Long Yuan rushed in with his White Dragon Martial Soul and struck him with a Mystic Frost Giant Dragon.
• Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie surrounded Light Dragon and launched a fierce attack from three directions.

Long Yuan’s Golden Dragon King power awakened during the fight with Guang Long, and he and his friends helped Uncle Li after driving off the thugs. The next day, Class Five faced Class Three in the Class Advancement Tournament, while Tang Wulin was left out and the match began.

• Long Yuan’s golden scales and Golden Dragon Claw appeared, and he slashed Guang Long before the other thugs fled.
• Xie Xie collected Federal Coins from Guang Long and gave them to Uncle Li to cover the shop’s damage and Aunt Li’s treatment.
• Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie returned to the academy and meditated before the next day’s tournament.
• Wu Zhangkong selected Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie to face Class Three’s Gu Tianri, Gu Tianyue, and Gu Tianming.
• Tang Wulin wanted to compete with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Wu Zhangkong advised him to sit out because he lacked team training.
• Long Hengxu started the second match, and both teams released their martial souls.

Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie defeated the Gu Brothers Trio, securing Wu Zhangkong’s class victory. After a meal, they learned that a large armed crowd had besieged Eastsea Academy and demanded Long Yuan and Xie Xie, so they sought Wu Zhangkong’s help.

• Long Yuan used Mystic Ice Dragon Flight while Gu Yue boosted its speed, and Xie Xie knocked the Gu Brothers Trio out of the competition stage.
• Long Hengxu declared First Grade Class Five the winner, and Ye Yingrong conceded that Wu Zhangkong’s class had won.
• After celebrating and eating, Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie heard from Zhou Changxi that a crowd was demanding they be handed over.
• Xie Xie told Wu Zhangkong about their encounter with the thugs the previous day, and Wu Zhangkong went to the academy entrance with them.
• At Eastsea Academy’s gate, more than two hundred armed men displayed Guang Long on a stretcher and demanded that the academy hand over the culprits.

Guang Biao demanded that Eastsea Academy hand over Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie for injuring his younger brother, threatening to search the academy himself. Wu Zhangkong arrived and challenged Guang Biao to fight, and both revealed themselves as Six Ring Soul Emperors.

• Guang Biao arrived at Eastsea Academy with two hundred Mecha Brigade members and demanded that the students who injured his younger brother be handed over.
• Long Hengxu tried to calm Guang Biao and offered to investigate, but Guang Biao gave the academy twenty minutes to comply.
• Wu Zhangkong arrived with Long Yuan, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue, then told Guang Biao he would have to defeat him to reach the students.
• Guang Biao revealed his Ironclad Dragon Martial Soul and six soul rings, while Wu Zhangkong revealed his sword and six rings, including two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.

Wu Zhangkong defeated Guang Biao at the Eastsea Academy gate and forced him to leave. That night, Long Yuan entered his spiritual world and met the Golden Dragon King's remnant soul, which revealed how it had entered him and began explaining its role in his Martial Soul.

• Wu Zhangkong used his Heaven Frost Sword and two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings to defeat Guang Biao, then warned him to stay away.
• Guang Biao refused to retaliate with Soul Tools or a Mecha and left with his followers.
• Long Hengxu dismissed the crowd and reflected on how Wu Zhangkong's strength had resolved the confrontation.
• Long Yuan entered meditation and encountered the Golden Dragon King in his spiritual world.
• The Golden Dragon King recounted its death during the God Realm War and how it sacrificed itself to enter Long Yuan.
• The Golden Dragon King told Long Yuan that its sacrifice had only enhanced his Martial Soul.

Long Yuan learned that the Golden Dragon King had removed Tang San’s seals from its bloodline and left him with a warning to protect the Silver Dragon King and seek revenge. Long Yuan absorbed some of the bloodline, grew stronger, and woke in the dormitory after meditating until past three in the morning.

• The Golden Dragon King broke Tang San’s sixteen seals, replaced them with new ones, and told Long Yuan to protect the Silver Dragon King and kill Tang San if he became strong enough.
• The Golden Dragon King warned Long Yuan that Tang San’s Divine Sense might have sensed its remnant soul before it became a golden sphere in Long Yuan’s spiritual world.
• Long Yuan woke to Xie Xie’s concern, then returned to meditation to absorb the Golden Dragon King Bloodline while his dormmates left him alone.
• Long Yuan endured intense heat, cold, and pain as Golden Patterns spread across his body, then gained two Soul Power levels and reached level nineteen.
• Long Yuan bathed and noticed his appearance and physique had improved before Xie Xie and the others returned and pointed out that it was past three in the morning.

Class Five faced Class One in the Class Advancement Tournament, with Wu Zhangkong surprising everyone by entering Tang Wulin as a fourth contestant. The match began with Xie Xie revealing that he had become a two-ring Soul Grandmaster, and the battles were underway when the chapter ended.

• Ye Yingluo led Class One to the field and told Yang Zi to defeat Class Five, hoping to vent her resentment toward Wu Zhangkong.
• Wu Zhangkong entered four students, adding Tang Wulin to Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Long Yuan; Ye Yingluo responded by selecting Li Kui as Class One's fourth contestant.
• Long Hengxu warned the competitors against deliberately injuring one another, and the four students from each class took the field amid taunts.
• Xie Xie revealed two yellow Soul Rings and collided with Wei Xiaofeng, surprising Class One and the watching students.
• Tang Wulin sent Blue Silver Emperor vines toward Li Kui, while Gu Yue attacked Wang Jinxi and Long Yuan sent a Water Dragon toward Yang Zi.

Zhang Yangzi’s darkness shrouded the arena as the students of First Grade Class Five clashed with First Grade Class One. Tang Wulin revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, and Gu Yue unleashed an Ice and Snow Storm against their opponents.

• Zhang Yangzi dodged the water dragon and spread a darkness field around Xie Xie and Wei Xiaofeng as Li Kui and Wang Jinxi joined the fight.
• Gu Yue illuminated the darkness, while Tang Wulin revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and struck Li Kui with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Long Yuan sent Wang Jinxi flying with Mystic Ice Dragon Flight, and Gu Yue used light and fire to brighten Zhang Yangzi’s darkness field.
• Wei Xiaofeng sent a Bone Dragon Claw and azure snakes toward Gu Yue and the others, but Long Yuan’s water dragon swept Gu Yue out of danger.
• Gu Yue combined ice and wind to unleash an Ice and Snow Storm against the four First Grade Class One students.

Long Yuan and Class Five defeated Class One in the Class Advancement Tournament after Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Class Five celebrated its promotion, while Ye Yingluo questioned Long Yuan’s unusual powers.

• After the Ice and Snow Storm faded, Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi fused into a powerful form and sent Xie Xie flying with one strike.
• Long Yuan used his Golden Dragon Claw to seize Wang Jinxi’s tail and hurl him off the platform, breaking the fusion and defeating the pair.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue knocked Li Kui and Wei Xiaofeng off the platform, and Long Hengxu announced Class Five’s victory.
• Ye Yingluo helped Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi toward the infirmary and wondered how Long Yuan could wield such varied abilities with only one Soul Ring.
• Long Yuan told Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin that Class One’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill had been incomplete.

After First Grade Class Five won the Class Advancement Tournament, the academy rewarded the class and established First Grade Class Zero for its most talented students. Long Yuan and the others were selected, and most signed agreements to remain at Central Academy through its middle and high school divisions.

• Long Yuan told Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin that his Golden Dragon Claw was an ability of his Dragon Martial Soul, while keeping its bloodline origin and heavy Soul Power cost secret.
• Long Hengxu told Principal Yu Lian that Long Yuan and Tang Wulin appeared to possess Twin Martial Souls, and argued that the Class Advancement Tournament needed adjustments.
• Long Hengxu announced that First Grade Class Five became First Grade Class One and received free Class A Meals for the rest of the semester.
• Long Hengxu established First Grade Class Zero with Long Yuan, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng, and named Wu Zhangkong its homeroom teacher.
• Long Hengxu gave the Class Zero students agreements promising they would remain at Central Academy through the middle and high school divisions; everyone except Wei Xiaofeng signed.