Chapter Summaries

Long Yuan reunited with Lin Ximeng during the holiday, then returned to Eastsea City and passed the Fourth-Level Forging Master assessment at age ten. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin joined the Tang Sect, raised Golden Light to the Thousand-Year Level, and returned to Eastsea City.

• Long Yuan came home to Lin Ximeng, gave her a new Soul Guidance Communicator, and told her he had become a Third-Level Forging Master.
• Wu Zhangkong brought Tang Wulin to Long Bing's grave, then guided him through cultivation, Tang Sect membership, a Spiritual Power test, and the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Tang Wulin's Spiritual Power reached 124 in the Spirit Connection Realm, and his Soul Spirit Golden Light advanced to the Thousand-Year Level.
• After returning to Eastsea City, Tang Wulin accepted forging assignments and went back to the dormitory to sleep.
• Long Yuan returned to Eastsea City to take the Fourth-Level Forging Master assessment, surprising Mu Xi with his skill.
• The examiner confirmed Long Yuan passed the assessment and praised him for breaking the records for Second-, Third-, and Fourth-Level Forging Masters.

Long Yuan earned his Fourth-Level Forging Master Badge, then returned to Eastsea Academy as the new semester began and Xu Xiaoyan joined Class Zero. After two classmates transferred away, Wu Zhangkong tested the remaining students and was surprised by their improved spiritual power.

• Long Yuan passed the Fourth-Level Forging Master assessment, received his badge from Mu Chen, and accepted higher-paying forging tasks.
• Mu Chen told Mang Tian that Long Yuan had passed the Fourth-Level assessment and Tang Wulin had passed the Third-Level assessment.
• Xu Xiaoyan introduced herself as a transfer student with a Star Wheel Ice Staff Martial Soul and seventeen levels of Soul Power, while Wu Zhangkong gave her one month to prove she belonged in Class Zero.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi had transferred to other academies, leaving five students in Class Zero with Xu Xiaoyan.
• Wu Zhangkong tested the students and found Long Yuan strongest physically, while Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin showed impressive Spiritual Power results.

Tang Wulin and his classmates revealed their exceptional Spiritual Power during testing, then began a practical battle that exposed Long Yuan’s superior strength. Tang Wulin was left stunned after Long Yuan defeated him with a single Water Dragon attack despite his Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Tang Wulin’s Spiritual Power measured 181, while Gu Yue scored 278 and Long Yuan scored 276, leaving Xu Xiaoyan discouraged by the gap.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked Wu Zhangkong to let her retest her Spiritual Power that night, and Wu Zhangkong assigned the students to teams for a practical test.
• Gu Yue used several elements to pressure Xie Xie as Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan entered the battle with their Martial Souls and Soul Skills.
• Xie Xie and Long Hengxu were shocked to see Tang Wulin’s Purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring, which matched Long Yuan’s first Soul Ring.
• Tang Wulin sent Blue Silver Emperor Vines at Long Yuan, but Long Yuan’s Water Dragon broke through them and struck Tang Wulin, knocking him to the ground in one move.

Tang Wulin tried his Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer against Long Yuan, but Long Yuan’s control of ice and water overwhelmed him. The spar ended when Wu Zhangkong intervened, leaving Tang Wulin deeply discouraged and Long Hengxu ready to increase the class’s resources.

• Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Emperor net failed to stop Long Yuan’s Ice Cones, and Long Yuan suggested he use the Clear Sky Hammer instead.
• Tang Wulin revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, shocking Xu Xiaoyan, then used the Purple Demon Eyes to track Long Yuan’s Ice Cones.
• Long Yuan’s Ice Cones pierced Tang Wulin’s arm, and Xu Xiaoyan supported him with her Ice Staff before Long Yuan knocked him back with an Ice Element Shield.
• Wu Zhangkong stopped the spar as Xie Xie was also being driven back by Gu Yue.
• Tang Wulin praised Long Yuan but felt defeated after learning he had passed the Fourth-Level Forging Master assessment.
• Long Hengxu offered to seek more resources for the class, and Wu Zhangkong asked him to improve their meals.

Wu Zhangkong prepared his students for the Tianhai Alliance Competition and assigned them daily training, while Mu Chen recruited Long Yuan, Tang Wulin, and Mu Xi for the youth forging contest. Long Yuan revealed his confidence in winning the championship as the group prepared to face competitors from across the eastern coast.

• Long Hengxu told Wu Zhangkong that the school expected his students to compete in the Tianhai Alliance Competition and aim for a newcomer award.
• Wu Zhangkong praised Tang Wulin and Gu Yue, warned Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan to keep improving, and told the five students they would face him in three matches a day starting the next day.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that he would use his Soul Skills in their training, and Tang Wulin explained Frost Mark and Frost Mist to the others.
• Mu Chen invited Long Yuan and Tang Wulin to represent the Eastsea Forging Association in the under-fifteen youth forging competition alongside Mu Xi.
• Mu Chen revealed that Long Yuan had already become a Fourth-Level Forging Master, and Long Yuan said he was thinking about how to crush the competition.

Long Yuan and Tang Wulin tested their forging skills on difficult Blue Womb Copper, and Long Yuan produced near-First-Grade Thousand Refinements with Spiritual Light Emission. After Mu Chen instructed them, they left to prepare for the Tianhai Feast, which would begin in about a month.

• Mu Chen gave Long Yuan and Tang Wulin Blue Womb Copper to forge while Mu Xi watched.
• Long Yuan quickly completed a Thousand Refinement that emitted Spiritual Light and nearly reached First Grade.
• Tang Wulin used the Purple Demon Eyes to examine the metal and achieved a Thousand Refinement that fell short of Fourth-Level standards.
• Mu Xi asked Long Yuan to let her win the Tianhai Alliance Competition in exchange for the prize money and Rare Metals, but he refused to yield his place.
• Mu Chen gave Long Yuan, Tang Wulin, and Mu Xi three hours of forging instruction, then told them the Tianhai Feast would begin in about a month.

Long Yuan and Class Zero prepared for the Tianhai Alliance Competition and traveled to Skysea City, where Long Yuan strengthened his Soul Power before the opening ceremony. At Tianhai Stadium, he met and shared food with a hungry Shrek Academy student called Little Fatty.

• Xu Xiaoyan revealed the Star Wheel Ice Staff's powerful nighttime support ability, and Class Zero defeated Wu Zhangkong in a team battle after he exceeded the rules.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that Class Zero would enter the Five-Person Team Competition and set the championship as their goal, while Tang Wulin and Long Yuan would also compete in forging.
• Class Zero traveled to Skysea City, and Long Yuan and Gu Yue slept leaning against each other on the bus.
• Long Yuan and Tang Wulin met Mu Chen to learn about the forging competition, then Long Yuan meditated overnight and raised his Soul Power to rank twenty-six.
• At Tianhai Stadium, Long Yuan met a hungry Shrek Academy student known as Little Fatty and gave him food before returning to meditation.

Long Yuan and the others watched Shrek Academy’s young students defeat the older Skysea Academy champions with overwhelming strength. Wu Zhangkong explained that the team’s two youngest members, Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan, could become their future rivals, and the group prepared for the next day’s competitions.

• Xu Lizhi left Long Yuan to follow Ye Xinglan back to his team before the competition began.
• Shrek Academy’s seven students faced Skysea Academy’s Young Adult Group champions, and Long Yuan recognized Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan among them.
• Xu Lizhi supplied food while Ye Xinglan boosted the team, and the Shrek students defeated all seven opponents in about a minute.
• Wu Zhangkong told Tang Wulin and the others that the Shrek students were Outer Courtyard students and identified Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan as especially formidable future competitors.
• Wu Zhangkong revealed that he had entered Shrek Academy’s Inner Courtyard but had not graduated, and the next day’s Individual and Team Competitions were announced.
• Xu Lizhi joined Long Yuan at a shop, where the two food lovers ordered a large amount of food.

Long Yuan and Xu Lizhi shared a huge seafood meal with Ye Xinglan before Long Yuan headed to the Forging Masters Association for the competition. There, he clashed with Zheng Tianlin and secretly froze him with his water control, leaving Zheng humiliated and in pain.

• Xu Lizhi and Long Yuan ate an enormous amount of seafood, and Ye Xinglan joined them before the three exchanged contact information and went home.
• Long Yuan arrived at the Forging Masters Association the next morning and met Mu Xi and the others before the forging competition.
• Zheng Tianlin mocked Long Yuan and Xu Lizhi, but Mu Xi defended them as Mu Chen's Personal Disciples.
• Long Yuan insulted Zheng Tianlin and threatened him, while Mu Xi stepped between them to prevent a fight.
• Long Yuan secretly froze Zheng Tianlin's crotch with water control, and Mu Xi realized what he had done but kept quiet.

Long Yuan completed high-grade Hundred Refinements purification in the forging contest, then hurried to Tianhai Stadium for his third-round soul master match. His Yellow Dragon Martial Soul and Thousand-Year Soul Rings intimidated his opponent into falling before the fight could begin.

• Long Yuan left Zheng Tianlin limping and teased Mu Xi before the Youth Group forging contest began.
• Long Yuan used the Thousand-Tempered Silver Hammer to quickly purify Blue Womb Copper and left before the staff had confirmed his result.
• A Saint Craftsman-level grandmaster forger inspected Long Yuan's work, recognized it as high-grade Hundred Refinements, and ordered staff to find out which association had sent him.
• Long Yuan arrived at Tianhai Stadium and entered his third-round match against a youth with a Coiling Dragon Staff Martial Soul.
• Long Yuan's Yellow Dragon Martial Soul and two Purple Thousand-Year Soul Rings drew the crowd's attention, and his opponent fell in fear as Long Yuan charged.
• The referee stopped Long Yuan and declared his opponent defeated.

Long Yuan led Eastsea Academy to a swift victory in the afternoon Team Competition after overwhelming his opponents with his strength. Mu Xi then told him he had broken the Hundred Refinements Top Grade record for Blue Womb Copper in fifty-nine seconds and warned him that everyone would be watching him closely in the next round.

• After winning his morning Individual Competition, Long Yuan returned to the hotel and told his teammates to win the Team Competition while hiding some of their special abilities.
• Long Yuan and his four teammates faced five older youths from Ocean City Intermediate Academy, who underestimated them when Long Yuan did not release his martial soul.
• Long Yuan knocked the purple-clad opponent off the platform with one punch, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue helped defeat the remaining opponents.
• The referee declared Eastsea Academy the winner, and Long Yuan and his teammates left the arena celebrating their progress toward the championship.
• Mu Xi visited Long Yuan and told him he had set a record by completing Hundred Refinements Top Grade purification of Blue Womb Copper in fifty-nine seconds.
• Mu Xi warned Long Yuan that people would scrutinize him in the next round, and he remained unfazed by the news.

Long Yuan competed in the second round of the forging competition, choosing Silver and forging it with remarkable skill. He achieved Spiritual Light Emission, stunning the forging experts and prompting Old Duan to rush toward him.

• Long Yuan encouraged Mu Xi to compete by her own abilities, and she declined his suggestion to forge Silver, choosing the Rare Metal she knew best.
• Long Yuan, Tang Wulin, and the other contestants selected their Rare Metals for the second round; Long Yuan and Tang Wulin both chose Silver.
• Old Duan watched Long Yuan prepare and asked for an investigation into his background, hoping to recruit talented young forging masters for the Tianhai Forging Masters Association.
• Long Yuan revealed that his Thousand-Tempered Silver Hammers produced three rings of Iterative Hammer, then began forging Silver before the other contestants.
• Long Yuan completed his forging and released Spiritual Light Emission, shocking the spectators and driving Old Duan to leap from the stands toward him.

During the forging competition, Tang Wulin produced Second Grade Thousand Refined Sunken Silver, revealing that his skill had reached the standard of a Fourth-Level Forging Master. Old Duan tried to recruit him, then examined Long Yuan’s work and praised his progress toward Spiritual Forging.

• Cen Yue stopped Old Duan from disturbing Long Yuan while he experienced an epiphany over his forged Sunken Silver.
• The forging masters watched Tang Wulin use his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul and Chaotic Splitting Wind Hammer Technique to forge Second Grade Thousand Refined Sunken Silver.
• Old Duan learned that ten-year-old Tang Wulin was a Third-Level Forging Master and invited him to join the Tianhai Forging Association, but Cen Yue said Tang Wulin belonged to the Eastsea Forging Association and was Mu Chen’s Personal Disciple.
• Old Duan discovered that Long Yuan was also Mu Chen’s Personal Disciple and returned to inspect his work after Cen Yue warned him.
• Old Duan praised Long Yuan for reaching First Grade Thousand Refinements, and Long Yuan said his epiphany had helped him find the feeling of Spiritual Forging.

Long Yuan prepared for and began his arranged match against Shrek Academy’s top student, Ye Xinglan. Their fight remained undecided after Long Yuan used a Water Dragon to drench her.

• Mu Xi finished forging, reconsidered her desire to claim the champion’s title, and joined Long Yuan and Tang Wulin at the Soul Master competition venue.
• Ye Xinglan told Long Yuan she would face him, and Xu Lizhi explained that she had asked the organizers to arrange their match.
• Long Yuan meditated before the match, then faced Ye Xinglan onstage as both revealed their martial souls and Soul Rings.
• Ye Xinglan used her swordsmanship to dodge Long Yuan’s Water Dragon and strike at him, while Long Yuan explained that he meant to soak her before freezing the water.
• Long Yuan made the Water Dragon burst above Ye Xinglan, drenching her from head to toe.

Long Yuan used his control over ice and fire to overwhelm Ye Xinglan in a fierce arena battle. He struck her into the protective barrier, leaving her coughing blood as her Stargod Sword vanished.

• Long Yuan froze Ye Xinglan, then sent a river of ice swords at her as the spectators cheered him on.
• Ye Xinglan used her starlight shield and Stargod Sword to withstand Long Yuan’s attacks and break through his Ice Wall.
• Long Yuan controlled ice blocks and summoned a Mystic Frost Giant Dragon, but Ye Xinglan’s sword technique shattered the dragon and pressed the attack.
• Long Yuan summoned a Flame Giant Dragon and combined Ultimate Fire with Ultimate Ice to overwhelm Ye Xinglan.
• Long Yuan rushed in and struck Ye Xinglan in the chest, sending her into the arena barrier; she coughed blood as her Stargod Sword disappeared.

Long Yuan defeated Shrek Academy’s Ye Xinglan, then won the Youth Group forging championship and led his team into the round robin. Before their first match, Duan Xuan offered to recruit him to the Tianhai Forging Masters Association, but Long Yuan remained undecided as the team entered the arena.

• Long Yuan defeated Ye Xinglan without using his Golden Dragon Claw, and his teammates gained confidence that Shrek Academy could be beaten.
• Long Yuan’s team won its second afternoon match easily, and he spent the night cultivating before the round robin began.
• Long Yuan won the Youth Group forging championship with a Spiritual Forging work, while Tang Wulin placed second and Mu Xi placed third.
• Duan Xuan invited Long Yuan to join the Tianhai Forging Masters Association, offering to cover his forging expenses and support his cultivation.
• Cen Yue objected to Duan Xuan’s recruitment attempt, and Long Yuan’s team entered the arena for its first round-robin match.

Long Yuan’s team faced Tianhai Academy’s Second Team in the first round of the round-robin tournament. Long Yuan’s elemental control and his teammates’ coordination gave them the upper hand, and the referee stopped the match before anyone was killed.

• Duan Xuan watched the match from a box with Mu Chen and discussed Long Yuan and Tang Wulin’s forging talent, while Mu Chen promised to let Duan Xuan take them after they had trained up.
• Tianhai Academy’s Second Team revealed one three-ringed Soul Elder and four two-ringed Soul Masters, while Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan had only one ring each.
• Long Yuan froze the opposing team with water and ice, allowing Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan to attack and drive them back.
• As the teams fought again, Tang Wulin used Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer against Wu Yuhan, and Gu Yue attacked Lei Jun with combined fire and wind elements.
• Xu Xiaoyan immobilized Bi Ran while Long Yuan struck him with a fire dragon, then Long Yuan knocked away two more opponents as the referee stopped the match to prevent a death.

Long Yuan’s team continued its winning streak in the round-robin tournament, drawing attention from Shrek Academy observers and academy officials. As they prepared to face Hailu Academy’s strongest team, Zhang Zhenpeng sought rare Inner Academy application quotas from Long Huantian, and the two began watching the match.

• Long Yuan’s team defeated Bi Ran’s group, impressing Shen Yi and Mu Chen with Long Yuan’s fighting ability and Tang Wulin’s potential.
• Long Yuan’s team won its next three matches, including a close victory over the team led by Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi, whose Martial Soul Fusion Skill could not overcome Long Yuan’s Golden Dragon Claw.
• Xie Xie told Long Yuan that their next opponent, Hailu Academy’s first team, had two Three Ring Soul Masters and was likely the strongest team in their group.
• Zhang Zhenpeng asked Long Huantian for three Inner Academy quotas for Hailu Academy students, and Long Huantian reacted with surprise because the alliance had only five such quotas.
• Zhang Zhenpeng introduced Hailu Academy’s team as the match against Eastsea Academy’s young third team began.

Long Yuan and the Eastsea Academy team defeated Hailu Academy before Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The match ended with Long Huantian learning that Zhang Zhenpeng’s students possessed that ability.

• Long Yuan charged ahead, knocked Zhou Hanyou’s male teammate out twice, and battled Zhou Hanyou while Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin engaged the other opponents.
• Tang Wulin switched from Blue Silver Emperor vines to the Clear Sky Hammer when Zhou Tian’er suppressed his Martial Soul, while Xie Xie used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to wound Wang Dongqi and keep her occupied.
• Long Yuan and Tang Wulin coordinated to freeze and strike Zhou Tian’er, while Long Yuan repeatedly drove Zhou Hanyou back to prevent the two girls from joining forces.
• With Xu Xiaoyan’s support, Gu Yue defeated the remaining opponents using the Wind Fire Double Tornado, and the referee declared Eastsea Academy the winner.
• Zhang Zhenpeng protested that his students had not used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Long Huantian reacted with surprise upon learning they could perform one.

After the tournament, Long Yuan and his teammates continued developing their abilities over the next three years. As Tang Wulin and Xie Xie trained at the Tang Sect, Long Yuan prepared to travel to Shrek City, hoping to find Na’er.

• Long Huantian left after Zhang Zhenpeng’s students lost before using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Long Yuan’s team went on to reach the tournament semifinals.
• Three years later, Tang Wulin and Xie Xie verified their Tang Sect identities and entered the Hall of Heroes to train.
• Long Yuan told Gu Yue that his Soul Power had reached Rank 45, and he had gained a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear soul bone, the Golden Dragon Terrorclaw ability, and a ten-thousand-year Tyrant Dragon Soul Spirit.
• Long Yuan declined Gu Yue’s offer to recommend him to the Spirit Pagoda and said he would consider it later, as he planned to go to Shrek Academy and look for Na’er.
• Long Yuan returned to his room and began cultivating as golden patterns and scales appeared across his body.