Chapter Summaries

Long Yuan passed the Spirit Fusion Forging assessment and became a sixth-level forging master at thirteen, while Feng Wuyu kept his achievement confidential. After learning about the association’s benefits, Long Yuan left and met Yuanen Yehui, who was pleased he had joined.

• Feng Wuyu celebrated Long Yuan’s acceptance of him as a teacher, and Long Yuan asked to take the sixth-level forging assessment at the Shrek Forging Masters Association.
• Long Yuan revealed he had already reached Spirit Fusion Forging, and Feng Wuyu realized he had taken two pieces of Starfall Iron while hiding his skill.
• Long Yuan passed the assessment and received his sixth-level forging master badge; Feng Wuyu told him to present himself as a fourth-level master and keep the result secret.
• Feng Wuyu explained Long Yuan’s association benefits, including a private forging room, free monthly rare metal, discounts, commissions, and a salary for completing tasks.
• Long Yuan left to deliver First Grade Thousand Refinements metal to Yuanen Yehui, who met him downstairs and was glad he had joined the association.

Long Yuan showed Yuanen Yehui his luxurious Studio 99, then advised her to use Spiritual Forged Sinking Silver for battle armor suited to her Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul. After agreeing on a discounted forging arrangement, they left to eat, but Yuanen Yehui sensed trouble nearby.

• Long Yuan showed Yuanen Yehui his well-equipped studio and gave her two finished pieces of Starfall Iron.
• Yuanen Yehui revealed that she had Twin Martial Souls, with the Titan Giant Ape as her main Martial Soul, and wanted battle armor for it.
• Long Yuan recommended Spiritual Forged Sinking Silver and agreed to forge the materials for 1,200 Contribution Points.
• Yuanen Yehui offered Long Yuan discounted mecha design help, and the two left to eat with the payment still unsettled.
• Yuanen Yehui suddenly stopped and looked sharply toward something that seemed to be going wrong nearby.

Long Yuan agreed to spar with Yue Zhengyu after Yue repeatedly blocked his way and threatened to hunt down the red-haired girl with a Fallen Angel Martial Soul. At the Sparring Arena, Long Yuan overwhelmed Yue Zhengyu, leaving Yuanen Yehui moved to tears.

• Yue Zhengyu confronted Long Yuan and Yuanen Yehui while searching for a red-haired girl, and Yuanen denied knowing her.
• Yue Zhengyu repeatedly challenged Long Yuan to spar and threatened him for concealing the girl, so Long Yuan finally agreed to fight him at the Sparring Arena.
• Yue Zhengyu paid the Contribution Points and opened the match with his three Soul Rings and Holy Light Shines Soul Skill.
• Long Yuan revealed four Soul Rings, including one black ring, blocked Yue Zhengyu's attack with an Ice Wall, and battered him with Ice Cones and powerful blows.
• Yuanen Yehui watched Long Yuan beat Yue Zhengyu and cried, moved by his defense of her and shocked by his Four Ring cultivation.

Long Yuan brutally defeated Yue Zhengyu after challenging his judgment of Yuanen Yehui’s Fallen Angel Martial Soul, then spent time with Yuanen Yehui and Gu Yue. The next morning, Elder Cai announced that the class would choose its Class Committee.

• Long Yuan beat Yue Zhengyu unconscious and criticized him for treating the Sacred Angel Martial Soul as good and the Fallen Angel Martial Soul as evil.
• Yuanen Yehui thanked Long Yuan, warned him that Yue Zhengyu’s family might retaliate, and treated him to a meal.
• Long Yuan and Yuanen Yehui ate at the cafeteria, where she paid his forging reward and he covered the remaining Contribution Points.
• Long Yuan learned that Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan had gone to register with the Tang Sect, then urged Gu Yue to join the mecha design association.
• Elder Cai announced that the class would choose its Class Committee, prompting the students to eagerly seek the positions and their extra Contribution Points.

The class competition established Class One’s committee and pushed its students to improve their skills. Meanwhile, Mu Chen sought a transfer to Shrek City after Long Yuan joined Feng Wuyu’s forging association, and Zhen Hua learned that one of Mu Chen’s disciples had achieved Spirit Fusion Forging.

• Long Yuan defeated Wu Siduo and the rest of the class to become class monitor, while Gu Yue and Wu Siduo became vice class monitors.
• Long Yuan, Gu Yue, Luo Guixing, and Wu Siduo filled all seven committee positions, and the class responded to the competition by focusing on self-improvement.
• Mu Chen told Zhen Hua he wanted to leave the Eastsea Forging Association and move to Shrek City to lead its Forging Masters Association.
• Mu Chen explained that Feng Wuyu had taken Long Yuan as a disciple and asked Zhen Hua to help him confront Feng Wuyu.
• Mu Chen revealed that one disciple had reached Spiritual Forging and the other had passed the Spirit Fusion Forging assessment, leaving Zhen Hua astonished.

Mu Chen sought Zhen Hua’s help before leaving for Shrek City with his wife and Mu Xi, while Long Yuan’s group turned Wu Zhangkong’s Mecha assignment into a plan to build One-Word Battle Armor. The group began preparing for the more difficult project, which Long Yuan expected to use once he reached five rings.

• Mu Chen told Zhen Hua that Long Yuan and his other disciple were extraordinary forging talents, and Zhen Hua considered taking Long Yuan as his own disciple before agreeing not to compete for them.
• Mu Chen asked Zhen Hua to arrange for Mu Xi to enter Shrek Academy, then left for Shrek City with his wife and daughter.
• Wu Zhangkong assigned the students to groups and required each group to build a Mecha before the Final Exam, warning that unfinished work could get the group eliminated.
• Long Yuan reassured Xu Xiaoyan about reaching rank thirty and helped his group divide responsibilities for their project.
• After Gu Yue proposed Battle Armor instead of a Mecha, Long Yuan’s group agreed to attempt One-Word Battle Armor, with Gu Yue designing it and the others preparing to forge and produce components.

After Mu Chen summoned Long Yuan and Tang Wulin to the Shrek City Forging Masters Association, he congratulated them on their forging progress and accepted Long Yuan’s choice to study under Feng Wuyu as well. Mu Chen revealed that Mu Xi would enter Shrek Academy’s second year, leaving Tang Wulin excited about seeing her there.

• Long Yuan and Gu Yue selected Rare Metals for their planned Battle Armor, and Mu Chen called Long Yuan to meet him at the Shrek City Forging Masters Association.
• Long Yuan and Tang Wulin traveled to the Association, where Mu Xi greeted them and led them to Mu Chen’s office.
• Mu Chen praised Tang Wulin’s Spiritual Forging and revealed that Long Yuan had reached Spirit Fusion Forging, surprising Tang Wulin and Mu Xi.
• Mu Chen accepted Long Yuan’s decision to study under Feng Wuyu and encouraged Tang Wulin to seek support from Feng Wuyu if needed.
• Mu Chen told Long Yuan and Tang Wulin that Mu Xi would enter Shrek Academy’s second year through a special quota, and Tang Wulin reacted excitedly.

Long Yuan and Tang Wulin left the Forging Masters Association after Mu Xi said she would soon report to Shrek Academy, and Long Yuan teased Tang Wulin about his feelings for her. At the Sea God Lakeside, Yuanen Yehui revealed her Fallen Angel Martial Soul, and Long Yuan reassured her that he did not consider her an Evil Soul Master, moving her to tears.

• Mu Xi told Long Yuan and Tang Wulin that she would report to Shrek Academy the next day, and Tang Wulin encouraged her to pursue Battle Armor Master training.
• Long Yuan asked Tang Wulin if he was in love with Mu Xi, and Tang Wulin’s flustered denial confirmed Mu Xi’s suspicions as she overheard them.
• Yuanen Yehui brought Long Yuan to the Sea God Lakeside and showed him her Fallen Angel Martial Soul.
• Long Yuan told Yuanen Yehui that a person’s actions, not their Martial Soul, determined whether they were evil, and reminded her that the Enforcers had cleared her.
• Yuanen Yehui cried as Long Yuan’s reassurance broke through the fear and shame she had carried for years.

Long Yuan protected Yuanen Yehui when Yue Zhengyu again accused her of being an Evil Soul Master and attacked her, leaving Yue Zhengyu badly injured. At the Dean’s Office, Elder Cai punished both young men, and Yuanen Yehui’s protest was dismissed with a warning that fairness depended on strength.

• Yue Zhengyu confronted Yuanen Yehui by Sea God Lake and attacked her, but Long Yuan punched him into the lake.
• Yue Zhengyu tried again to seize Yuanen Yehui, and Long Yuan used a Water Dragon to strike him into a reef.
• Two Enforcers stopped the fight and brought Long Yuan, Yuanen Yehui, and Yue Zhengyu in for investigation.
• The Enforcer confirmed that Yuanen Yehui was not an Evil Soul Master, and Elder Cai ordered Yue Zhengyu to clean Spirit Ice Plaza for a month and pay Yuanen Yehui five thousand Contribution Points.
• Elder Cai fined Long Yuan two thousand Contribution Points for using excessive force, then threatened to raise it when he objected.
• Yuanen Yehui protested that Yue Zhengyu had started the fight, but Elder Cai dismissed her appeal and said they could leave the academy if they refused the decision.

After Elder Cai fined Long Yuan three thousand Contribution Points for defending Yuanen Yehui, Long Yuan resolved to grow strong enough to command fairness. His cultivation surged overnight, and Feng Wuyu took him to confront Cai Yue'er over the punishment.

• Elder Cai dismissed Long Yuan's complaint, so Yuanen Yehui apologized while Long Yuan said he would earn back the fine and improve his strength.
• Long Yuan meditated through the night as his Golden Dragon King bloodline strengthened his body and evolved his Dragon Martial Soul.
• Long Yuan's Soul Power rose from rank forty-nine to fifty-one, making him a Soul King with five Soul Rings and a black dragon martial soul.
• Long Yuan told Feng Wuyu that Cai Yue'er had fined him three thousand Contribution Points for defending Yuanen Yehui.
• Feng Wuyu angrily took Long Yuan to the Dean's Office and shouted for Cai Yue'er to come out.

Feng Wuyu challenged Cai Yue'er over the unfair punishment imposed on his disciple, Long Yuan, and defeated her in a fierce battle. He canceled Long Yuan's three-thousand-Contribution-Point penalty and left with him, while the spectators were stunned by Feng Wuyu's domineering defense of his disciple.

• Feng Wuyu confronted Cai Yue'er, arguing that Long Yuan had been punished unfairly after defending himself from Yue Zhengyu.
• Feng Wuyu and Cai Yue'er took their fight into the sky, where Cai Yue'er revealed three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Feng Wuyu used his Blazing Dragon Martial Soul, Battle Armor, and Spirit Fusion Forging Hammer to overwhelm Cai Yue'er and knock her into the plaza.
• Feng Wuyu canceled Long Yuan's three-thousand-Contribution-Point punishment and declared that no one could bully his disciple.
• Feng Wuyu lifted Long Yuan with his Soul Power and left, while the spectators praised his fighting skill and loyalty.

After Feng Wuyu’s punishment was dropped, he took Long Yuan to Zhuo Shi so the Grandmaster could teach him the Crimson Dragon Nine Styles. Zhuo Shi demonstrated the first move, awakening Long Yuan’s blood vitality as the power of his palm strike shook the surrounding space.

• Feng Wuyu took Long Yuan to Sea God Island and brought him to Zhuo Shi’s residence.
• Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu argued over their relationship to Long Yuan and who had the right to teach him.
• Zhuo Shi led Long Yuan to an open area and began demonstrating the Crimson Dragon Nine Styles.
• As Zhuo Shi circled and thrust his palm, Long Yuan’s blood vitality surged and a dragon roar echoed within him.
• Zhuo Shi’s palm strike unleashed immense power that shook the space and darkened everything before them.

Long Yuan learned the first move of Zhuo Shi’s Crimson Dragon Nine Styles, then received a Cafeteria Card from Feng Wuyu to support his training. After practicing through the night, he joined his team for a combat class and helped them defeat Wu Zhangkong.

• Zhuo Shi taught Long Yuan Dragon Shocking the Heavens and told him to master the move before learning the others.
• Long Yuan’s practice intensified his blood and vitality until he became ravenously hungry, and Feng Wuyu took him to eat at Zhuo Shi’s building.
• Feng Wuyu gave Long Yuan a Cafeteria Card, and Zhuo Shi insisted that he accept it and use it to support his cultivation.
• Long Yuan ate a huge meal in the cafeteria, then practiced Dragon Shocking the Heavens through the night before going to class.
• Long Yuan’s team defeated Wu Zhangkong in the Sparring Arena, aided by their coordination, Long Yuan’s rank-fifty-one Soul Power, and his evolved Black Dragon Martial Soul.

Long Yuan and his friends began crafting One-Word Battle Armor while he advanced his forging studies. To help Xu Xiaoyan obtain a thousand-year Soul Spirit, the group assembled a team for a Spirit Pagoda Tower Challenge and arrived at the Pagoda to begin.

• After practical combat ended, Long Yuan rented a larger Forging Room, where the group began making One-Word Battle Armor and Long Yuan purified four metals with Thousand Refinements.
• Gu Yue told Long Yuan that Xu Xiaoyan needed a thousand-year Soul Spirit and proposed a team Tower Challenge at the Spirit Pagoda.
• Long Yuan persuaded Yue Zhengyu to join by offering future forging help, recruited Yuanen Yehui and Xu Lizhi, and secured a Tower Challenge qualification for Yuanen Yehui through Sky Phoenix Douluo.
• Long Yuan, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Xu Lizhi, Yuanen Yehui, and Yue Zhengyu traveled to the Spirit Pagoda, planned their formation, and entered a room where a red-haired woman greeted them.

Leng Yaozhu escorted Long Yuan and his classmates into the Soul Spirit Pagoda for the Tower Challenge. Long Yuan's Dragon Might frightened away the first stage's Soul Beasts, and the group advanced to the second stage.

• Leng Yaozhu welcomed Long Yuan, Gu Yue, and their classmates, then personally led them to the Soul Spirit Pagoda entrance.
• Leng Yaozhu warned the group that the challenge's dangers were real and promised to monitor them before they entered the Pagoda.
• Long Yuan arranged the group's formation inside the tower, and Xu Lizhi gave everyone meat buns to restore their strength.
• Long Yuan released his Black Dragon Martial Soul, and its Dragon Might drove the Wind Wolves back through the metal doors without a fight.
• The group cleared the first stage and passed through a golden light door to the second stage, where they prepared to face stronger Soul Beasts.

The group advanced through the Tower Challenge, with Xie Xie training against Flame Demon Lions before they reached the ninth level and faced four Ice Bears. Long Yuan protected Xu Xiaoyan from a charging Ice Bear, leaving her moved by his repeated willingness to defend her.

• Xie Xie defeated the Flame Demon Lions while the others rested, and the group continued through the next levels of the Tower Challenge.
• At the ninth level, Xu Xiaoyan chose the Ice Bears as suitable Soul Spirits, and Long Yuan revealed that he had become a Soul King.
• The four Ice Bears unleashed a blizzard as Gu Yue, Yuanen Yehui, Xu Xiaoyan, and the others fought together while Long Yuan held back.
• An Ice Bear struck Xu Xiaoyan and sent her flying, so Long Yuan rushed to her side and punched another charging Ice Bear into a Metal Door.
• Long Yuan helped Xu Xiaoyan up and shielded her, leaving her tearful and moved by his protection.

Long Yuan and his companions defeated four Ice Bears, and Xu Xiaoyan persuaded the last one to become her Soul Spirit. They entered the tenth level to find a Soul Spirit for Yuanen Yehui, where a Magic Lizard Dragon appeared and Long Yuan charged to fight it.

• Long Yuan used his Flame Giant Dragon and Golden Dragon Claw to help the group kill three Ice Bears, while Xie Xie and Yue Zhengyu pinned down the last one.
• Xu Xiaoyan spoke gently to the wounded Ice Bear, and it chose to become her Soul Spirit; she began absorbing it as the system announced the ninth level was cleared.
• Long Yuan led the others through the light gate to the tenth level, where the group found a large circular hall and a single enormous Metal Door.
• A four-thousand-year-old Magic Lizard Dragon emerged, and its piercing cry left Xie Xie and Xu Lizhi pale.
• Long Yuan told the others to rest and recover, then charged the Magic Lizard Dragon.

Long Yuan killed the four-thousand-year Magic Lizard Dragon, absorbed its bloodline to strengthen his blood and qi, and broke through a bottleneck in his Dragon Shocking the Heavens technique. On the eleventh floor, he stopped Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu from colliding as their martial souls converged, then killed the Thunder Beast but fell to the ground, paralyzed by its lightning.

• Long Yuan suppressed the Magic Lizard Dragon with his Golden Dragon King Bloodline and killed it with his Golden Dragon Claw.
• Long Yuan absorbed the Magic Lizard Dragon's bloodline, improving his blood and qi and breaking through a bottleneck in Dragon Shocking the Heavens.
• Long Yuan and the others entered the eleventh floor, where a Thunder Beast attacked them with lightning.
• Yuanen Yehui and Gu Yue blocked the Thunder Beast's lightning while Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu launched a pincer attack.
• Long Yuan used Dragon Might to force Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu apart, then crushed the Thunder Beast's head with his Golden Dragon Claw.
• Long Yuan fell to the ground, twitching after the Thunder Beast's lightning numbed him.

Long Yuan and the others cleared the Thunder Beast level and continued helping Yuanen Yehui seek a Soul Spirit. On the Twelfth Level, they encountered a King Kong Baboon, which Yuanen chose as her target.

• Gu Yue rushed to help Long Yuan after the Thunder Beast shocked him, and both of them collapsed into his arms until the current faded.
• Yuanen Yehui apologized tearfully to Long Yuan, who comforted her, and the group recovered their Soul Power before continuing.
• The group declined the Thunder Beast Soul Spirit because none of them had a lightning attribute and entered the Twelfth Level.
• Xu Lizhi gave everyone Red Bean Buns that temporarily boosted their bodies and Soul Power, while warning them about the dangerous side effects of eating too many.
• Long Yuan sensed an approaching beast, and Yuanen Yehui identified the King Kong Baboon and chose it as the Soul Spirit she wanted.

Long Yuan and his companions battled a five-thousand-year King Kong Baboon so Yuanen Yehui could obtain her ideal Soul Spirit. After Long Yuan tore off one of its arms, the beast entered a powerful Berserk state, and the group took to the air to evade it while seeking a way to outlast its rage.

• Yuanen Yehui used Vajra Titan to meet the charging King Kong Baboon head-on, but the stronger beast knocked her back.
• Long Yuan suppressed the baboon with his Dragon Might, then wounded it severely by shattering its left arm with his Golden Dragon Claw.
• Yue Zhengyu burned the baboon with Holy Light Shines, driving it into a Berserk state that made it larger and more dangerous.
• Yuanen Yehui warned that the baboon's Berserk state would last up to ten minutes, while Long Yuan told the others to conserve their Soul Power and red bean buns.
• Long Yuan raised an Ice Wall into the air with Gu Yue's help, and the group dodged the baboon's leap as Long Yuan and Gu Yue attacked it with Flame Small Swords and Ice Cones.